I know of that Reuters article.
While I quite like Łódź, I don’t like Piotrowska very much. I prefer Rynek than very long streets.
A very nice girl born in Łódź once told me, with it being at the centre of PL that it felt like all the unhappiness was focussed there point, that being Łódź.
I see AC will switch WAW to mainline from Rouge.