Co-sign this, having lived in both countries. Litter in towns is bad enough but it's when you go for a walk in the woods or along the beach and there's junk everywhere that I find the most depressing.Switzerland and residential areas in the Netherlands make the UK look derelict, shabby and noxious. It's better here now that it was when I was a kid. Less dogshit and glue bags
holland is a simulation in that sense, so clean and meticulous that it becomes surreal. even dogging spots are spic and span. no single bit of litter anywhere.
Portugal is covered in litter. Beautiful grassy verges and stuff completely covered. GF was saying that in Russia on Lenin day or something they all go out and pick up a load of litter and keep their town tidy, wants to organise something like here but I guess she won't. But it's what's needed if you got like ten people and they all picked - I dunno - fifty things up it would make a huge difference, but setting about improving the litter on your own here would be overwhelming.Not especially no. But I've been to a few places. Britain is really, really tidy. We don't litter much and we employ armies of street sweepers.
I predict England will become more shabbily dressed as the decade grinds on. Ragged sportswear, genuinely distressed jeans, shoes gone all fucked and open toed. The Ragged Twenties. Calling it.
Yeah, all over the tourist hotpots of southern Spain and in the balerics, if you are out at 7am after a night out, you'll see the huge clean up session, plus gardeners. All well tech'd up with ghost busters style apparatus. There's a chain gang vibe to some of the proceedings. Once I was waiting at a square in Madrid for someone and idly people watching and saw the street sweeper come up and I was amazed how smart she looked, very fancy uniform, lots of technical brushes. Looked like a good life, bit of sweeping, plenty of fags, outdoor life. My secret plan for if I ever make it to southern Spain.there's also countries where they spray the streets with some sort of chemical in the early morning, i think they do it in southern europe mainly? i've gotten to like it just like i like the food, the weather and the wine.
A lot of people I know what to move to the Netherlands. Why, I ask? 'Cos they speak good English and it's like England but nicer, in every way' ."The success of the Netherlands model lends to itself it's own air of sterile melancholia."
Food's definitely worse though. Bike-oriented towns are a plus. I missed hills, definitely.A lot of people I know what to move to the Netherlands. Why, I ask? 'Cos they speak good English and it's like England but nicer, in every way' .
Yyaldrin our very own Dutchman says its so boring there it's like having your face wrapped in cellophane