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Originally Posted by JMintzer
The don't shop like we do. They have smaller kitchens and refrigerators. They shop for a day or two at a time. They don't come home with "12 bags of groceries"...
And no, they are not "convenience shops"... They are full service specialty shops. You go to this shop to get your bread, that shop to get your cheese, another to buy meat, vegetables, etc...
Yes, they have grocery stores, but they are nothing like the ones we have here.
When I traveled in Europe and Scandinavia, I made it a point to go into some of the grocery stores. It was an eye opening experience...
Yes, US cities have buses and taxis, but we don't have the rail systems they have in Europe. People bike/walk everywhere. Most here live too far from their jobs to do that. Many their ride scooters. That is just starting here, with short term rentals of bikes and scooters, but very few bike lanes....
In Amsterdam, there are more bikes than people. Everyone owns two. One cheap one to commute or shop with (that will eventually get stolen), and another nice one for bike trips out in the country...
There are bike lots with thousands of bikes. I don't know how you can even find yours. Most people just grab one, figuring someone else will grab theirs...
In Rome, Vespas are parked everywhere. Tiny, 2 passenger cars are parked like we park our golf carts, 90° to the sidewalk. Very few big sedans, unless you're wealthy...
And thank you for proving my point regarding charging stations. Yes, you're supposed to charge your EV at home, over night... But that is currently impossible for millions and millions of apartment/condo dwellers...
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You must have visited about 40 years ago!
OK. The Dutch have always loved their bicycles. The place is as flat as a pancake, and made for them.
As for the rest of your 'observations' regarding fridge sizes, small cars, size of supermarkets etc. I don't know what ancient places you visited, but you must have spent a lot of time in 'oldie medieval' areas.
Most in UK do shop once a week, and we actually have large refrigerators and freezers, washing machines, even dish washers just like yours, and in most cases better made and quieter.
In all our 20+ years wintering in TV we never had a domestic appliance that wasn't capable of rousing the dead when in operation!
Believe it or not, in UK we also have talking and color movies these days as well!
Plus we are installing EV power sources nationwide wherever possible!!
