And because I don't want to be misunderstood, what I am saying is that surely Athens is a historic city with the Parthenon, but it is a typical city full of cement and noise, like Dallas you mentioned or maybe New York (you can say that Athens is like a miniature of those cities). It has not maintained its original colour, like St. Petersburg, Prague, Barcelona, etc. There are other historic cities in my country (that's what I mean with "Parthenons" all over it), as in all countries all over the world, that fortunately have managed to maintain their originality and are smaller, quiter and cleaner than Athens.

Best regards,
George