[ic0n0cl4st]

England is cold and grey, and the food sucks.

Every mediterranean country is littered with Brits, especially retirees / pensioners.

[dang]

Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here? Your account has been sliding into flamewar repeatedly already, including nationalistic and regional flamewar. We're trying for something other than that here.

[usbzcable]

> Every mediterranean country is littered with Brits, especially retirees / pensioners.

"Littered"? If you replace "Brits" with other groups, are you still happy with the tone of the sentence?

[padraic7a]

Littered isn't necessarily a pejorative term. You could litter a bed with rose petals, or find your path littered with gold coins.

It's not necessarily like saying 'trashed'.

[usbzcable]

I had forgotten the alternative definition. Thanks!

[kowlo]

Definitely, it isn't necessarily a pejorative term. In this case however, given the context, I believe it's used as such...