你若住在柏林,漢堡,慕尼黑,科隆等前四大都市,感覺應該完全不同。你的經驗我曾經歷過,1995-1997在美國西部猶他州念碩士,那時候連汽車輪胎我都会自己換。猶他州州政府鹽湖城人口也百萬人,但郊區太廣大,所以都會區也幾乎都是平房,而且鹽湖城是摩門教徒大本營,摩門教LDS Church 為了傳教,已經對陌生人比較熱情了。我想自三百年前工業革命以來,WASP白人盎格魯薩克遜新教徒帶動的傳統封建的《社會解組》,以致有這樣的風貌。德國也是類似。
In San Francisco, our electricity is about $0.45/kwah during peak hours. Not cheap either. I pay about $200 per month for natural gas and electricity for family of 4.
Our water bill is $0 because we have our own well😀 water quality analysis by a lab can be free of charge or little amount of money. Just moving out of Long Island of New York, I am now living in the beautiful countryside, very rural areas with mountains and lakes. Golfing, fishing, boating, canoeing, skiing, farming… you name it… as long as you have time and some money😀