He’s comparing autogen in Tokyo (plus some handcrafted landmarks) with photogrammetry in New York. That’s apple vs oranges. Tokyo is NOT one of the photogrammetry areas.
They are fundamentally different things. If you want to, just turn PG off and you can have New York look clean and nice like Tokyo - just without all the true to life iconic buildings. PG is intended to be viewed from a few hundred feet in the air, not close up. There are many threads on this, for example: