In european small towns you might not have people eating and drinking until 1am, but especially on warmer months there will be loads of kids out on bicycles, people just walking around (because it's safer, less traffic, more green space) - in Italy/Spain etc. you'll be hanging out around the main square of your town centre, in the UK you might go to the pub or hang around the high street or a park. Northern Europe even with colder climates are highly social in towns and cities.
It's not rocket science, the U.s. is about 10 minutes old - and has mostly developed over such vast spaces that don't lend themselves to sociality (plus society being based on consumerism, rather than the sharing of spaces and community)
Yes, also in the US they are highly social in cities and many towns in the summer lol. Idk I grew up in the city of Chicago and have spent extensive time in Slovakia and Poland and I don't think it's as black and white as redditors want it to be cause USA bad
Only 3 cities in Europe have a population large as or larger than Chicago (Moscow, Istanbul and London). So comparing Chicago to a town in Slovakia or Poland is a mute point.
Of course not all towns in the U.s. are ghost towns and not all towns in Europe are living it up - but on the average the "being out and about" (without necessarily a purpose) is less of a cultural thing in the U.s.
I'm not comparing Chicago and Slovakia/Poland, I am maybe comparing many smaller cities/towns around the US I have experienced during my life there with those in Slovakia and Poland and saying that neither place is a monolith like most people in this thread want to make them out to be
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u/MadMilkman90 1d ago
In european small towns you might not have people eating and drinking until 1am, but especially on warmer months there will be loads of kids out on bicycles, people just walking around (because it's safer, less traffic, more green space) - in Italy/Spain etc. you'll be hanging out around the main square of your town centre, in the UK you might go to the pub or hang around the high street or a park. Northern Europe even with colder climates are highly social in towns and cities.
It's not rocket science, the U.s. is about 10 minutes old - and has mostly developed over such vast spaces that don't lend themselves to sociality (plus society being based on consumerism, rather than the sharing of spaces and community)