Be aware, after living in the Netherlands every other "developed" city is horrible, at least in the west. There are still small towns which have not been "moder

Be aware, after living in the Netherlands every other "developed" city is horrible, at least in the west. There are still small towns which have not been "modernized" and are enjoyable. Cities could be designed so much better. I always wonder if the people who make decisions for the cities actually live in those cities, or they are just incompetent. For example: - Most european cities, with a coast, chose to place a BIG noisy avenue right in front of it, and let's not talk about the surf ghost towns with massive parking lots facing the beach. How can you allow that in the place where you live? - Outside London's touristic center, there's barely space to walk, no sidewalks. In the few fancy places with sidewalks, every house receiving sunlight in the frontyard has a car completely taking over it. In the netherlands, you literally see people put a small table to have a drink or snack, even without a frontyard! - So much noise comes from cars, Amsterdam it's a big city but it's so quiet, in the good sense. Of course if you like the noise, you can go to noisy areas with tourists or parties, but that's different.