Likewise, some of us are a bit tired of the myopia coming from some Europeans. I’m writing this from an old brick home in the US, one of hundreds in my neighbor

Likewise, some of us are a bit tired of the myopia coming from some Europeans. I’m writing this from an old brick home in the US, one of hundreds in my neighborhood. They’re not as old as the ones in your neighborhood since this area was only settled 150 years ago, but they’ll get there. We’re not asking you to believe in some “American Dream,” just notice that we also have hundreds of millions of people who make highly varied decisions that conform to natural environments and resources, historical contexts, cultural preferences and financial limits.