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by snovv_crash 1762 days ago
Well, except for Paris, Berlin, Venice, Madrid, etc etc

"Has big streets" or "car dominant" isn't the monoculture of the US that people from Europe notice. It is the exact same chain of shops, restaurants, same style of clothes, same TV shows, same music, same brands of cars. If I go to a nearby city all this stuff is the same.

If I'm in Belgium and drive 3 hours I end up with different language, food, styles of dress, music. Apart from a few token multinationals the shops and restaurants are all different. Architecture is different. And the same story if I'm in Vienna, or Zurich, or Berlin, or Lisbon. Language, food, restaurants, shops, work culture, all different.