Essay Galaxy - Vienna vs. Virginia
Vienna vs. Virginia
You might be saying, �of course Vienna and Virginia are different, there six thousand mile apart on two different continents.� However, in this essay I�ll show you how different they really are through the city layout, language, and transit system. Vienna is the capital of Austria, a country in Europe south of Germany. Virginia is a state in the US on its eastern shore board. With this in mind, I�ll show you their idiosyncrasies.
To understand Vienna�s city layout I will tell a little of the history behind the city. It was established in the three hundreds as a post on the Danube river by the Roman Empire. It had a mote, church, shops, and palace. Now the mote has been filled in and the city is five times larger. It�s design is centric meaning all from the center. Streets either go straight to the middle or are a circle around ....
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