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No shortage of Americans in the fairly walkable, and notably English-speaking, UK. Paris, London and Berlin of 2023 are markedly different in so many ways to,
by Earw0rm 3y ago
No shortage of Americans in the fairly walkable, and notably English-speaking, UK.
Paris, London and Berlin of 2023 are markedly different in so many ways to, say, 1983. Berlin was in two different countries back then, and if you tried to cross, you died. Much of London was still semi-derelict from WW2 and post-war economic changes.
Perhaps a history measured in millennia means a little more patience around change. Perhaps Europeans don't see the struggle for more wealth as the most important thing.
And looking at life expectancy trends in the developed world (as a very crude proxy for wellbeing).. perhaps they might be on to something.