usemigrant

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   by usemigrant 5y ago

   Also, as an immigrant to NL, the first election I was eligible to vote in was for my local water authority - because they predate the Netherlands as a state by hundreds of years so the only criterion for voting rights is residency. Fascinat
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   by usemigrant 5y ago

   It's not different in this respect, which was my point: the reason planning works (or doesn't) in NL isn't due to deeply ingrained orderly, rule-following cultural norms at the individual level relative to the US. I think the
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   by usemigrant 5y ago

   As a US-born immigrant to the Netherlands 10 years ago, I'll differ slightly. Bureaucracy here IS real, but I observe a relentless pragmatism among individuals. Rules are not, I've observed, sacred. The Dutch are inveterate jaywal