Now let me preference this by saying it just might be in my algorithm on YouTube and Substack, and of course normie propaganda; but I'm seeing lots and lots of stories and videos of mostly Europeans here for the World Cup who seem amazed by America. And even they seemed surprised how much they are enjoying being here.
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I'm a big Anglophile myself. It's my second highest ethnic percentage behind Norwegian. I love being connected to English history.
Awesome. You should come and visit if you haven't already. There's still a lot of England that is English outside of the big cities.
I haven't been there yet either, at least not England. Northern Ireland if you want to claim I've been to the UK. It will happen eventually if you guys hold it together in the cities long enough.
I'm finding in all my travels, I almost totally avoid cities now. I might spend a day in a place like London at most. The only thing in them is Instagram stuff anymore (oooh look at this pic of Buckingham Palace) amidst a sea of boring and sketchy. I far more enjoy popping into some random place to eat in a random little village where they don't get tourists pretty much ever, walking around a bit, then looking for some pretty scenery that's more local or at odd times when all the normal tourists are asleep still. Or finding odd museums of random things that would never make a top list on TripAdvisor.
That's exactly what I do in America. I hate American cities, but then I hate all cities. I love small town America, though.
My wife is from rural MI, and when I was first dating her we were out in the countryside and she said 'Let's go for a walk down the road'. I looked at this road, which to me was fairly wide and would be classified as a main road in the UK, and I was like 'Right in the middle of the road?'. Lo and behold, only a single car passed us in about two hours, which we saw coming from miles away. It was then that I really understood the difference in population density between the US and UK. I am from rural England, but even here it's next to impossible to find a road that is that rarely used. It was a very liberating feeling, not to be crushed by the weight of humanity. It was also the first time I saw fireflies in person :D
2020 I ended up on a road trip and in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska. No cell service. With it being the lockdown or whatever I drove for almost an hour without seeing another passing car. Ended up at this cool geologic formation park 30 mins down a gravel road. There was an old guy there that I guess liked it so much he hung out there with his open carried pistol and gave out water and little postcards and told people about the park with absolutely zero attempt to sell our ask for tips or anything. There was one other family out there hiking around like I was and that's it.
Large art museums are a must though, if you're interested in that sort of thing, with the added benefit that there is not much cultural enrichment there.
Yeah, I love classical art so if it's that type I absolutely go see it. The art that is based around beauty. That's probably one of my favorite things if I'm in a city. Old art and old exotic libraries.
If it's one of those modern art exhibits where someone smeared some turds on a canvas or it's just like a statue of a cylinder or something those can stay wherever they are.
It's number one on the bucket list.