For me, places evoke an emotional feeling. Because of this, I avoid impoverished urban areas, industrial complexes, and drab, depressing apartments. It was the desire to experience new feelings that prompted me to take on the goal of visiting a new Oxford College each week.
Wow, it reminds me of helping my Mom make cookies with a cookie cutter. Watching those factory workers makes my back ache...
I love the smell of coal burning. Surely not good for inhalation, but the smell defined western civilization --- at least for a while.