Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
You may have a point. I know it's a cliche, but the lack of anything old in a place does make it all feel a bit superficial and unreal. In that sense, it's a lot like being in Welwyn Garden City.
Do you know that there are villages in England with more 200 year old buildings than the whole of the USA?*

*Something like that. Read it in a Bill Bryson book.