I’m from Bristol (UK) which was also extensively bombed, and grew up in Milan (Italy) — both of them have (rough) equivalents, most notably Milan, which is land

I’m from Bristol (UK) which was also extensively bombed, and grew up in Milan (Italy) — both of them have (rough) equivalents, most notably Milan, which is landlocked, piled all the rubble up, covered it with earth, and made it into a hill with a park across the top: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Stella_(Milan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Stella_(Milan) I wish people put more effort into commemorating these places, the pain and suffering that humans have inflicted upon other humans, and celebrate the fact that we’ve collectively come together with (imperfect) international institutions that have so far succeeded in broadly avoiding the same fate again... and that therefore should be protected and enhanced rather than disparaged. It’s quite... sobering that this is ‘surfaced’ on the vey day we commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.