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Don't take this joke too seriously. It's just a little thing I thought of making after seeing the picture used by the NOS in this article about Tata Steel emissions:

https://nos.nl/artikel/2491434-hoe-de-zorgen-en-het-wantrouwen-rond-tata-steel-door-de-jaren-heen-groeiden

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[–] drkt@feddit.dk 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's getting downvoted, but I want you to know I thought it was funny. It didn't go completely unappreciated.

[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Glad at least someone appreciated it :)

[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I laughed. Well done mate.

[–] nei7jc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I feel like this comment's rating shows that people don't think before downvoting.

ah yes, sommtsyiist ietneyalaids (Cyrillic attempted reading)

[–] someguy7734206@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like to know where each of those places are. If I recall correctly (and if I'm wrong, I would like to be corrected with visual evidence), one thing the US has over pretty much all of Europe is the natural landscapes.

[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Europe also has stunning natural landscapes. Just look at the Swiss Alps as an example.
It do believe it is true, however, that in America you are more likely to encounter vast expanses of beautiful (nearly) untamed nature.

The pictures in the Netherlands are:

As for the pictures in America, I just googled some nice urbanism terms and US and picked the first pictures that seemed nice.
I think the first one is in Boston, but I don't know where the other ones were taken.