Second, c’mon now. Everywhere has a story, and I’m willing to bet that UB City has plenty of them, even if they are relatively new. Think of New York. All those buildings were built by wealthy industrialists, and no one seems to discount them (though there is architectural critique).

Third, what about the friezes? There are a ton of portraits and landscapes depicted. What do they say…or are they trying to represent?

Fourth, like it or not UB City has one of the better public spaces in the city..i.e. somewhere open where people (theoretically) can gather. Where else do you have wide steps and public performance spaces? Certainly not the government buildings. Cubbon perhaps, but then they are rule-driven too.