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Re:The sad beige aesthetic: why has the world suddenly turne... by herbst on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:36AM (#42644253)
Sadly in most of Europe this pattern is taking over too. There are just a few cities in between that seem like a colourful bastion against the boring mainstream.

And not in their architecture, it's seems to be more about the youth scene. Pilsen in Czech republic is a mostly grey boring city, but the people wear much more colorful clothes than in similar cities. The main difference I saw is more nature and a healthy pub culture.

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Re:The sad beige aesthetic: why has the world suddenly turne... by raziel2p on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:42AM (#42644294)
in Amsterdam, there seems to have been a slight counter culture movement against this in the last few years, combined with heavy 80s-00s nostalgia. the beige look feels very influencer or tasteless upper/middle class to me.
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Re:The sad beige aesthetic: why has the world suddenly turne... by herbst on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:48AM (#42644327)
When I've been to the Netherlands (could be 6 years or so) Rotterdam was a grey nightmare for me. Streets, People (and weather that time of the year). Haarlem oder the other side was colorful even with bad weather (Amsterdam felt full of colour anyway :)
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