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Trying to move to escape America's car-centric hell. The Netherlands is pretty high on the list but I wanted to explore other options. How do the following countries and their cities fair in terms of urbanism:

-Ireland

-Spain

-Belgium

-France

-Denmark

-Portugal

-Sweden

I could list more but I'll be here all night.

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[-] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

The Dutch housing market is very difficult at the moment, so any place worth living is gonna be hard if you don't bring a huge bag of cash. That said, the Netherlands is a great country to come to because most folks speak English very well and we don't mind accomodating others.

But as someone who has lived in the Netherlands his entire life, I'd prefer a country like Portugal. Ethically, though, Iberian countries have a big problem with folks from western countries migrating and driving up prices in the more desirable areas. Lisbon is essentially becoming Amsterdam in the sense that you'll hear more English than the native language.

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