The world was robbed of the 21st-century Twin Towers most of us always wanted.
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Dejo mi firma aqui, no solo para ser uno mas que quiere lo mejor, sino para decir que lo mejor era lo que habia en decadas anteriores y que juntos podemos traer al presente lo que un dia perdimos, desde mi punto de vista veo a toda America como New York, donde la zona mas iluminada es EEUU por sus altas torres deslumbrantes y su emblematica historia. Personalmente estoy en contra de la Freedom Tower, porque muestra poco sentido de originalidad, puede contener todo tipo de nueva tecnologia, seguridad y todo lo que puedan agregarle pero al lado de el WTC no hay ningun tipo de comparacion, la ciudad es mucho mas vistosa cuando estaban de pie esas dos hermosas torres, ahora la ciudad es otra, es mas rara, distinta a lo que era una decada atras.
Translation:
I leave my signature here, not only to be one more who wants the best, but to say the best was what we had in previous decades and that together we can bring to mind what one day we lost. From my point of view I see all America as New York, where the U.S. is more lighted area for its high towers and dazzling emblematic story. I personally am against the Freedom Tower, because it shows little sense of originality. It can contain all kinds of new technology, security and all they can add but next to the WTC there isn't any kind of comparison. The city was much more showy when they stood, those two beautiful towers. Now the city is like another. What it was [just over] a decade ago was more rare.