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beccaelizabethI was reading a fic that described a building as
fifteen stories of grey boredom
and it struck me that the author was not from the city they were writing about
and has very different ideas of what normal height in a building is.
So I distracted myself, first by double checking my impression that Norwich doesn't go that tall
(almost, two tower blocks)
then by checking the actual city the story is in, both via wiki.
... 15 stories narrows it down to four buildings, grey rules out two, and year of construction leaves one.
... which is probably not what the story meant to do.
If they'd just said tall grey boredom then we can fill the rest in
but a number gives the brain something to trip up on.
Also, the internet is a wonderful thing, but I can't steer my attention for toffee.
fifteen stories of grey boredom
and it struck me that the author was not from the city they were writing about
and has very different ideas of what normal height in a building is.
So I distracted myself, first by double checking my impression that Norwich doesn't go that tall
(almost, two tower blocks)
then by checking the actual city the story is in, both via wiki.
... 15 stories narrows it down to four buildings, grey rules out two, and year of construction leaves one.
... which is probably not what the story meant to do.
If they'd just said tall grey boredom then we can fill the rest in
but a number gives the brain something to trip up on.
Also, the internet is a wonderful thing, but I can't steer my attention for toffee.