I grew up in the Midwestern US
@DocAndersen (54413)
United States
October 18, 2018 4:06am CST
I was born near Chicago and lived in Indiana off and on for many years. The oldest building around me when I was growing up was the Courthouse for Monroe County (and a few of the buildings for Indiana University). The buildings were built in the 1840's.
When I lived in Thailand, those would have been new buildings. I have been to places near Bangkok and other cities that have been in continuous use since before the Mayflower landed in the US.
What do you consider an old building?
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
18 Oct 18
@DocAndersen Thank you, Zürich is a very nice city, but extremely expensive.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
18 Oct 18
@LadyDuck @DocAndersen There is another negative point concerning Zürich. And that is that it is a German Swiss city and people speak German Swiss there which is an insult to a German's ears. I've already written about that.
Of course, it's not a problem for people who can't understand German at all.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
18 Oct 18
I love Switzerland, spent a lot of time in Zurich.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
18 Oct 18
I live in a house that was built in ~1895. It's certainly not new, yet not very old, either. In Germany, there are many towns whose centers are 500 years old or even older.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
18 Oct 18
I have always enjoyed the mix of old and new in Germany - you are very lucky!
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
18 Oct 18
@MALUSE That is amazing - what a beautiful home you have!!!
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@sallypup (57887)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Oct 18
You have sure had some interesting travels. I've just been to places like Charleston, South Carolina. My husband and I are buying a house built in 1900. Its brand new compared to what you've seen.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Oct 18
An old building is like those found in Europe that are centuries old.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
18 Oct 18
yeah, it is funny here of course 200 years is ancient!
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@KimJohnson (112)
• Oceanside, California
18 Oct 18
I don't know Doc, those track houses of the 70's are old here. grins..
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@KimJohnson (112)
• Oceanside, California
18 Oct 18
@DocAndersen True, and we do have old houses here in the states, look at the cliff dwellers? Those are awesome houses..
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
18 Oct 18
well in fairness, some parts of California have had major fires. Downtown Chicago is all buildings that are less than 100 years old, except for the old water tower building.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
18 Oct 18
@KimJohnson you are right of course, the First people provided many wonderful old buildings here. My bad, thanks for catching that!
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@MommyOfEli2013 (81997)
• Rupert, Idaho
19 Oct 18
That is a good question....it's hard to say! I don't even know how old things around here are!
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
19 Oct 18
Life sometimes makes it hard to stop and breathe. I agree it can be hard to care about old buildings when you have to get to work!
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
19 Oct 18
My mother lived in a house that was built in the 1900's. I consider that pretty old.
