No. Much of the world was at war or on the brink of war for most of my life. Among other things that left peace an unattainable goal.
I hope so. I do find it very interesting and would like to explore more of it. The scale of the buildings makes me think of The Fallen back home. There are ruins back home, but seeing the buildings here I can finally get the true sense of how large their buildings would have been. Far different in style, but the scope is there. They were quite often described as "touching the sky", much like the skyscrapers here.