by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 26, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
South Yorkshire, UK Thanks to Olivia Alabaster for this video: An unfinished South Yorkshire housing estate has been criticised by a local resident as looking “like Beirut”. The Stone Edge housing development is at Fox Hill, Sheffield and has just six...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 20, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Abandoned property is an easy magnet for trash, a fact the residents of Aylesbury in the UK know too well: Disused, damaged garages and dumped rubbish are making an area of Aylesbury look ‘more like Beirut’. The area, just off Whaddon...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 19, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
California, USA The run-up to the 4th of July celebrations in the US has lead to an increase in firework displays with one resident comparing the noise to Beirut: The pre-Fourth of July fireworks that traditionally rattle the Eastside appear to have gotten off to an...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 19, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Labège, France Thanks to Elie Fares, an email I received from L and Alf who left a comment for what will be the first “Looks Like Beirut” certificate sent in French. Elie’s A Separate State of Mind explains it well: Gérald Dahan, a French imitator...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 14, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Ontario, Canada According to residents of Donwoods Drive in Toronto, the roads that ply through their streets belong in Beirut rather than Canada: Donwoods Drive is a doozy. A gateway residential street to Hoggs Hollow, the steep swath of pavement can rattle teeth and...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 3, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
British Colombia, Canada During a workshop by the West Vancouver Police department where they raved about the latest crime rates, one resident was not happy: Another resident who preferred not to be identified said in spite of Lepine’s positive statistics, the...