That town looks too much like Disney Land. Where are the cracks in the walls, the coating of soot and the chunks of missing plaster?

I'm just kidding. I'm so used to seeing such "marks of character" on old buildings here in New York that when I go to some other towns like San Diego or some little city in the South (or see pictures) and see a 100 year old building with a nice, freshly painted and kept-up facade and it looks so fake.

You gotta remind yourself that that's how those buildings looked like when they were new. [Linked Image]