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Just making the point that cultural expectations are different.
This is true, in France, when you get older/retired, you move into a flat in a city, the French cannot fathom why we would retired in the countryside with big house to look after, miles away from local shop, and expensive to run.
edscoble-
Totally true. Most people in European capitals, specially in Spain and France, live in flats and prioritise access to good public space and amenities. Gardening culture and the amount of land dedicated to houses are two things that are not so common in the continent
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No this is not true, in france people mostly stay where they live when they retire.
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This is true, in France, when you get older/retired, you move into a flat in a city, the French cannot fathom why we would retired in the countryside with big house to look after, miles away from local shop, and expensive to run.
This is absolute bollocks. Fucking loads of French people retire to the countryside.
55yo are still perfectly capable of driving to the shops.
frankohara
Glws
hugo7
Just making the point that cultural expectations are different. Perhaps anyone that astro turfs their garden should be expropriated, for the benefit of veg growers?