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There's something about it that looks very non-American. Most of the area is cropland, with only woodland as the border between farmland. Much of the Midwest is mostly farmland, but the farm sizes are larger and more regular looking. Pennsylvania is more intensively farmed than New York State or New England and farms are smaller scale than further west.
Other noticeable difference is the houses are all concentrated in compact villages rather than partially scattered in the countryside. Btw, the local language of most that area was German 100 years ago.
Those farms are still too regular looking, and the plots seem very long and narrow. The farmland around Louisville and Lexington looks very English, though.
Those farms are still too regular looking, and the plots seem very long and narrow. The farmland around Louisville and Lexington looks very English, though.
Maybe Kentucky would be a good match for a lot of the UK? The KY countryside looks more familiar to me as a European than most of the US.
Edit: B87 beat me to it.
Btw here's how our grass looks around here. Med climate at its finest. This place would be so much better if the rainfall pattern was reversed.
Clothes completely drenched after a run in 75°F dew points.
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fenceless American homes
Bautiful pics. Have you noticed a difference regarding the tendency to fence houses off the street in Spain, Czech Republic, Germany and the UK?
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See that big mountain at the horizon? It's Mt. Monadnock, New Hampshire. 34 miles to the northeast. I could make out the bald spot on the top; don't think I've ever been able to before, very good visibility that day. Close-up and then more from that point:
Didn't get to experience such a good visibility here since May.
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Not the greatest photos but i post them anyway.
I made a small bike tour.
It was very hot, about 33-34°C when i started.
Wow, not the best weather to ride a bike. Did you bike there all the way from Munich?
I don't know if they're natural, it's probably a mix like it is with the Czech forests.
This link claims that 99% of Czech forests are planted which is hard to believe (there must be some forestland where no one bothered to manage in the last decades. Germany is 48% planted, the rest natural.
This link claims that 99% of Czech forests are planted which is hard to believe (there must be some forestland where no one bothered to manage in the last decades. Germany is 48% planted, the rest natural.
I don't understand how there is such a big difference between Germany and the Czech Republic.
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