Birmingham is kind of short...

England is just like America, except it is smaller and tidier. Birmingham is a pretty massive city, but it is very short, so it's not so intimidating. I say short b/c the buildings and the living areas are...well, they are short (when you compare them to Boston, NY, and especially Seoul). There are only a few high rises that I've seen, and even those aren't particularly tall. I doubted that I was really in the heart of the city for a while b/c everything was so short, but so it is. The city center has a lot bigger buildings though. This area is really a Cambridge/Bostonian feel more than anything, but I guess to be correct we would say Cambridge/Boston have a more Birminghamish feel, since Birmingham was here first. :) Everyone is very proud of their front and back "gardens" or yards. There are little patches of earth with meticulously cut grass (even if it's four feet by four feet) surrounded by flowers and bushes, etc.