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Indeed, peanut (or other nut) butter is nigh impossible to find across all of Europe.
The Netherlands may want to have a word with you :) And honestly it is fairly common to find peanut butter in supermarket in most of Western Europe (at least), may not be good but it exists.
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Mostly the water provided by the municipality is drinking water quality in Europe. But sometimes the building and its water pipes will be so old that the pipes leak metals into the water.
No metals, this was white fluffy stuff floating in the water. And it was relatively a luxury apartment. Again this was 1977 so that's almost ancient history.
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I think it depends on where you live. If you live in New York, LA, Chicago, Seattle a lot of the big cities have such horrible traffic I can see the want to get rid of your car. If you live in a place like Austin Texas and work from home, like I do. Having a car is a delight. I can go in any direction and bring my stuff I can get stuff from the store and bring it home. I've lived without a car in New York City, there…
I had to rent a car when I went to IKEA in Switzerland. It wasn't that bad, and seemed like a pretty standard thing to do. The US doesn't really have urban area car rentals, you'd have to get to the airport first.
I'm just outside London, moved here to marry my English wife from Vegas. I work part time doing basic IT for a US law firm due to health issues after heart surgery, and Yankee dollars are worth jack shit here - I'm not making serious tech industry money, but over here it's barely enough to survive on. Housing is always smaller than you'd get in (at least the western) US for the same price, and I'd bet that's true pre…
> And if you like tacos, stay on that side of the pond.
Why are there no tacos in EU? I have noticed this in multiple places in Europe. The best I can figure, there is not a good supply of cheap chicken.
I honestly think there is an opportunity there. If someone can get a taco franchise in EU going I will pitch in for one location.