On social media, many Americans aren't actually interested in discussing or learning about 'Europe'.
They only mention us, so they can talk about themselves and their own problems. That's why it doesn't actually matter what's happening here. Europe is often a homogenous blob in their imagination. A fictional land that changes depending on what US political argument they want to win or if they want to feel better about themselves.
It's not their fault. We get swamped with US news, media and culture. They rarely are in part due to the language barrier.
Enkrod@feddit.de 9 months ago
Still. I live near Mannheim, out of the 8 people in my circle of close friends, 4 either outright do not own a car or share a car with their spouses, because their households can make do with one or less cars. They can absolutely make do with walking, bikes, tram, bus and train for everything in their daily lives. In many american cities of the same size, that would simply not be an option.