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Alisdair "Diversity is the Spice of Life" McGregor @acmcgregor.bsky.social

You do occasionally see USians wanting to visit Europe and wanting to hire a car for their stay, because your society doesn't have the concept of a public transport network any more. This is often a thing on Reddit tourism threads.

aug 31, 2025, 11:41 pm • 5 0

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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social

The best one I saw wanted to see Scotland in a day. I think there’s just a complete failure of scale.

aug 31, 2025, 11:45 pm • 3 0 • view
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Alisdair "Diversity is the Spice of Life" McGregor @acmcgregor.bsky.social

As the old saying goes: the difference between Europeans and Americans is that Europeans think 200km is a long distance, and Americans think 200 years is a long time.

aug 31, 2025, 11:52 pm • 10 0 • view