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Well, then, you've answered your question. You're from MS and the Mediterranean climate doesn't appeal to you? Dry days and cool nights in summer? I won't argue on any of your observations except for Amsterdam/Venice. Seeing Venice in real life is mesmerizing, if you go in the "shoulder season" and mid-week, and avoid the crowds. The craftsmanship in the architecture is one-of-a-kind.
Just because I am from MS doesn't mean I like mild winters and hot, humid summers. I'm actually moving to the Twin Cities in Minnesota soon so I can't wait!
Thanks for your suggestion! I will keep Venice in mind when planning my European vacation.
Dublin is expensive but has high QOL. The residents are supposedly nice.
Paris is beautiful, but don't know how one who isn't French would mesh in.
Amsterdam, and the Dutch, are a little too stoic for my taste.
I'm told the Irish are friendly and welcoming.
I heard it's hard to fit in Paris unless you can speak native-like French. Otherwise, it's better to visit than living.
What do you mean by Amsterdam and the Dutch being too stoic for your taste? How is it painful and hardship unless you mean you can't accept their liberal attitudes and values?
What do you mean by Amsterdam and the Dutch being too stoic for your taste? How is it painful and hardship unless you mean you can't accept their liberal attitudes and values?
I get along better with vocal and obnoxious people. They make life more interesting. Birds of a feather. That's why the cities I picked were in southern Europe.
Is that true that unlike most European cities, Paris tends to push poor people out to suburbs while the city center is only for those who can afford it?
I'd say it's the same thing pretty much all over Europe. City centers are often the richest parts, older working class districts in the center or bordering it are gentrifying in most places. Though there are some exceptions like Marseille or Brussels where gentrification doesn't seem that strong.
As for poor people being kicked outside Paris city, it's true. But I think that even more than the poor, it's the middle class that is leaving the city center. There, only the poor that can live in social housing and the rich that can afford it are left.
Btw, out of the 10 millions living in Paris metro, 2 live in the city and 10 million in the suburbs, so don't buy the media oversimplifications like "Paris's suburbs are poor/ghettoes". Some are but most aren't.
Vienna is a nice city. It's not too big or crowded. It's quiet but there is still a lot of stuff to do. If I could speak German that's where I'd like to live.
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