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Northern France isn’t that mountainous and is way, way more urbanized than The Netherlands.

For most people the size of their home reflects the quality of life. Having separate bedrooms for all children, having a room dedicated to a home office, having an outdoor space to…

Just hire a large muscular guy from the banlieues to drive you around in your Maserati.

Meanwhile The Netherlands is bright green due to its suburbanization policies of the 1970s. Let’s spread people out instead of building out our cities…

I remember Nintendo doing a commercial about that!

The Dutch have a birthday calendar in the toilet room. And you can use the inspection shelf of the toilet to check for problems in your diet. Plenty of activities to do!

I’m living in Spain and for daily life I speak more German than Spanish. They are taking over.

Perhaps you just hated shopping on a Sunday! Sunday is for doing absolutely nothing at all.

I purchased brand new furniture that looks pretty but quickly falls apart, looks horrible up close and isn’t comfortable. It’s basically decor pieces. Amazon couch for $250: https:…

Got it. In my case I don’t have to use my bank app at all. Just go to checkout with Amazon and it automatically charges it from my bank account.

Ideal was a result of free market banking though. > The system was conceived by the Dutch banks ABN Amro, ING Bank, Postbank N.V. and Rabobank, to develop a single system for onlin…

I frequently run into failed SEPA transfers. At least three per month out of ~200. So it could use some more stability for my use case. In all fairness, I also have a couple of VIS…

For Amazon Spain I use my debit card. Is there an upside to using Bizum?

I spend €125 on an interior decorator and another €500 in furniture and decorations after to make my condo more cozy. And then another €300 for professional photos and drone shots.…

After a shadow ban none of my old comments were visible anywhere on Reddit. So I deleted all my content. If people can’t view my content, why have it online?

For such a bike friendly country the amount of commuting by bike is shockingly low. You would expect 70%+ but it is closer to 15%. Most commuting is done by car. It doesn’t help th…

In parts of The Netherlands is simple never gets dark due to light pollution. It feels like it is always dawn. Pretty bad for your sleep cycle. Some pictures: https://milieufederat…

> Where your money comes from. Dollars earned and euros spent is the winning formula. A local paycheck is the one that breaks everything. The problem is finding housing with foreig…

I’m from a country with such a system. You end up with your children all going to different schools, attending parent teacher meetings all over the country and spending lots of tim…

Did it deploy five AWS m8g.12xlarge instances?

Thanks for typing the exact reply I wanted to give! Yes, I’m happy that I can request garbage pickup through WhatsApp instead of having to fill out a form at the municipal building…

Some secure online portal would be nice for the GP or municipality. The delivery issues can be solved by introducing a standardized address system for Spain but that would take dec…

Meanwhile in Spain I use WhatsApp to contact the municipality, the GP uses it to send my blood results and package delivery drivers ask me to share my location. I hate it.

I have no issues with A1 Spanish in Spain for daily life.