its so true, and yet when I talk to american friends who live in smaller cities they are envious of the urban development that occurs here even. Sad state of affairs in North America

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 days ago

As USian, can confirm. So much infrastructure and even buildings is from the 1970's, at best. We're still actively poisoning ourselves with lead pipes ffs.

[–] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

damn for some reason with all your china posting i thought you were Chinese lol

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

haha I just read about China to keep sane, I'd be so depressed otherwise 🤣

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was also under a wrong impression. From how well versed you are on what's going on in Europe i thought you were European 😆

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 days ago

Haha, I find everything's connected in the end. I tend to pay a lot of attention to Europe cause that's where contradictions are sharpest at the moment.

[–] l0tusc0bra@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Moved back to my small Ontario town after like a decade away a couple years back and it's all virtually the same (except with way more empty storefronts downtown, thank god we give landlords a tax break for letting them stand vacant!).

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 days ago

I used to live in Fredericton, NB. It was basically like a time capsule. Nothing changed there.