Traveling makes you realize what an immeasurably nice place much of Am…

Bill Bryson
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Traveling makes you realize what an immeasurably nice place much of America could be if only people possessed the same instinct for preservation as they do in Europe. ✨ Bill Bryson (1989). The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America, p.110, VNR AG
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Traveling makes you realize what an immeasurably nice place much of America could be if only people possessed the same instinct for preservation as they do in Europe. ✨ Bill Bryson (1989). The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America, p.110, VNR AG

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