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Q: Are all police stations in your city from the same blueprint?
I've been to 3 different police stations here in town, and passed by at least two others. They are all identical buildings. Inside a lobby with two dudes sitting and doing nothing (or so you think, until you need to leave the place) Some standard waiting benches (same model as in ALL busstations I've seen) to the left is the office where you as a foreigner register where you live (and other stuff that is not relevant to most of us)
Sim City???
I've been to only two police stations where I live. One is huge and the other is tiny. Not much similarity. The former is the PSB with station upon station upon station of "customer service" windows. You go, you register, you take a number, and you wait your turn. The latter is my neighborhood cop shop within a 5-minute walk from my "room", under the shade of broadleaf trees (Well, in summertime...) and most of the coppers are asleep when I rock up to register after a trip overseas. Both shops are friendly and I have no complaints about either.
Scandinavian:
ah yes, the PSB is different. I don't count that as a police station, although I guess I should
Nope. The train stations of the high-speed railway between Shanghai and Hefei, however... Some are almost exact clones (same waiting area design, same truss elements for the roof support) and a lot of elements are common (ventilation). Economy of scale, that make much sense.
The few I've been to look very similar. But so do the new apartment blocks, shopping malls, grocery stores, etc. It seems that some "architect" is making some serious money and he/she's extremely lazy.
Scandinavian:
you mean, one architect got ripped off and copied a million times :)
