> There’s always a “you don’t know what you haven’t experienced” element to this kind of thing. A lot of my YouTube recommendations at the moment have been ‘cul

> There’s always a “you don’t know what you haven’t experienced” element to this kind of thing. A lot of my YouTube recommendations at the moment have been ‘culture shock’ things from Americans (weird because I’m not American or European myself, but I do find it interesting so the algorithm works I guess!) who have gone to live in the UK or Europe for a bit and talk about how amazed they are at living in European cities and how they just had no concept of the way of life until they came over. Not really. It's personal preference, not ignorance. As a counter-anecdote: I know many people who moved to US suburbs from dense, walkable places; and they wouldn't want to go back. They like having a big house with a yard, and that's just not a realistic option where they're from.