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I admit I snorted when that was mentioned. It's frequently ranked as the most desirable place to live on earth. Not to say the message of the article is completely without merit - there are things to see and do almost everywhere. But if I just get in the car and start driving I will 95% of the time find only strip malls and cornfields. Perhaps a suburban park with some trees.
Switzerland is not unique in that aspect. Pick any mountainous, desert, or coastal part of the world and you are guaranteed scenery for ~95% of the drive. Pick any historic part of the world and you are guaranteed nice-looking buildings anywhere you walk. A sizeable fraction of the world fits into either of the above. Yeah, if you live in cornfields and strip malls, you aren't going to find much interesting. But in f…
Re: Travel locally, where you are
#81This is so true, and also what I thought reading these comments. Love the "the world is full of "Switzerland". I added it to the note, thanks for the comment!