agree with that. I've basically given up hoping for a much better organised world. I had the privilege to hear a bloke in a wheelchair speaking about standardisation of many things in buildings and common sense stuff. He was some kind of professional (can't remember, it was a lot of years back) and he was in the wheelchair permanently. He made a hell of a lot of sense. But, things aren't any better that I see.
France is worse than Oz I think. Due to several factors - old buildings, a lot of French attitudes being a couple.
One place I do want to visit, for one purpose only - is Barcelona. They did a tremendous amount of work for their Olympics - in all kinds of areas, including managing their built environment.
I've heard nothing but good about that Olympic games and it's legacy.
As to your comments on
''the body's immune system compensates by building immunity''
whilst I believe in better standards, there is certainly a lot of factors about immunity and arguments for not being clean and sterile.
Kids are natural dirt eaters. I've read several studies on it over the years. And from memory - the dirt eating kid in the backyard, chomping on dirt that the dog has crapped on last week etc - those kids (assuming they survive) seem to have much better health.
Today - there's a lot less backyards with dirt. And IMO, that's a bad thing.
Anyway, good to hear your views, nice to read things where there're some observations and thinking that has followed.
have a great night.
Glad I've flipped into more worthwhile things in life - amongst other things, I've even had some poetry published.
