I don't know why, but I love especially the third one. Maybe it's because it reminds me some old photos in my city (even if the architectures of the buildings in the background are a little different ^^ ) and the texture of that pic is really interesting for me ^^
Well, I agree, we all live in Potemkin villages, especially when we are online (sometimes it's the same offline too ^_^)
The third one was taken in Utrecht, a very old city, and shot on old-fashioned film, with a lot of grain. Is that the texture you mean? Or is it just the bricks?