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BigDaddy52's avatar

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. Early 1970s. Living in a floating metal box beneath an airport runway, with 5000 people.

Of course, that beat rice paddies by miles.

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Priscilla Estes's avatar

I have mixed feelings about Antwerp, Belgium. On the one hand, I liked living in a 15th-century apartment that used to be a salt warehouse in the former slaughterhouse area (where the gutters ran with blood.) I likeD living across from the Zwaaterzusters (Black Sisters)!convent and St. Paul's Church. Loved being walking distance from the 15th-century Grote Markt, the Cathedral of Our Lady, Peter Paul Ruben's home, and so much more (such as great beer and easy access to Germany, Paris, Amsterdam, and London). But on the other hand, there are no trees. Trees are sacrificed for parking lots. Trees, please. Austeblifje.

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