Thanks again guys. Really strange scene in that as has been laid out by all the varying opinions, there are several options. All valid.
The weird thing is, I think how large the shot is viewed makes a big difference. If I view it large on my Mac and close, the bigger crop works best, but viewed smaller, it gets messy and the smaller crops work better.
I went to a Steve Mccurry exhibition once and some of the shots could only be truly appreciated when printed huge, as they were, and yet others were the opposite.