My youth, my memories, my education ... indeed my early adulthood.
We got used to your weather - not as bad as some lament. We got used to the people - dour, though not nearly as sour. Your lack of character has gotten worse. You are supposed to be a city of history and culture, of civilization. Might still be. But you have degenerated .. your lack of cohesion is a dismay now. So many different languages on the streets, your magnificent historic buildings and monuments shadowed by monstrous developments. An indescribable mess of people, cultures, and architecture. Lacking character.
George Ball was right: "Nostalgia is a seductive liar."
Not so much the waste of resources for this goodbye visit; but the sad destruction of a fond memory.
We got used to your weather - not as bad as some lament. We got used to the people - dour, though not nearly as sour. Your lack of character has gotten worse. You are supposed to be a city of history and culture, of civilization. Might still be. But you have degenerated .. your lack of cohesion is a dismay now. So many different languages on the streets, your magnificent historic buildings and monuments shadowed by monstrous developments. An indescribable mess of people, cultures, and architecture. Lacking character.
George Ball was right: "Nostalgia is a seductive liar."
Not so much the waste of resources for this goodbye visit; but the sad destruction of a fond memory.