One thing I've noticed

I'm a very smiley person. In fact, I've been known to smile to myself
even when I'm alone. My own thoughts amuse me. Go figure.

So I find it very off-putting to catch someone's eye here, smile big
and get... nothing. Sometimes worse than nothing: a frown. Yikes. Most
people look away, a few just stare back but some actually look like by
smiling at them, I'm somehow offending them. Not cool, Brussels. Not
cool. You're making it difficult to warm up to you...

kxx

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