• Bappity@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    went to Amsterdam a while back. the infrastructure there is dreamy. if I could choose where to live it’d be there

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      1 year ago

      I’ve shared this story before but maybe not on Lemmy:

      Landed in Amsterdam in 1997 for the beginning of a six month backpacking tour through Europe (obligatory cliché thing to do for every 22-year-old). First thing outside the airport I notice is these big roomy sidewalks. So much space! So much freedom! So much—holy shit where did these bicycles come from? I quickly found out their sidewalks were highways for their insane bike infrastructure. Just bikes everywhere as far as the eye could see.

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      1 year ago

      Moved from South Africa to the Netherlands about 2 years ago, I have gotten so used to the infrastructure I have a mild panic attack any time i think about how on earth I would get from a hotel to a super market if I go back to visit Cape Capetown South Africa.

      I have gone from desperately fighting that I need the best car and I should be able to speed all I want to being happy to just hop on my bike and cycle to work never caring if there will be parking.

      This country may as well be a fever dream and some day soon I will wake up back home.

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        1 year ago

        please don’t wake up I want the chance to live there at some point in my life before everything in your dream reality is erased from existence 😭