houses in greenland

As is frequently the case, towers of ilium is wrong. There are colorful houses in extreme northern climates--like Greenland. I suppose my claim about drab houses colors is a reflection of my upbringing in the dour, miserable, stale, bland, and hopeless environment of New England. The Puritan sensibility (now I am misrepresenting the Puritans) frowns upon all forms of creative exuberance or artistic expression that is not specifically related to themes of penitence, modesty, thrift, and repression of emotion.