Exactly. Looks and a less aggressive geometry are more than enough reasons to choose these over the Breezer bikes. Plus, Breezer bikes do not have a fully enclosed chain case which was the biggest reason I passed over them when I was looking to purchase a new bike city bike.
Breezers have their place(I credit them for probably influencing and/or starting this current trend of utility bicycles), I know, but so do these bikes.