To everyone outside Amsterdam who feels the need to tell us how terrible it is to live here, we didn’t ask
There’s a very specific type of person I’ve noticed. They live in Almere, Amstelveen, Purmerend, wherever perfectly fine places, genuinely no shade but the moment you mention you live in Amsterdam, something switches.
Tell them you’re in the Jordaan? Oh boy. Suddenly it’s “must be SO touristy,” “how do you even sleep,” “all that chaos, I could never.” Unprompted. Every time.
Here’s the thing, I have never once commented on where they live. Not once. Because why would I? You chose your city, I chose mine. That’s literally how life works.
I don’t need you to validate Amsterdam and I’m not asking you to move here. But this weird compulsion to convince me that my home is somehow a mistake where does that even come from?
Live and let live is really not that complicated.
Amsterdam isn’t for everyone and that’s completely fine. But some of us genuinely love it here, the canals, the energy, yes even the chaos and we’re not looking to be talked out of it in the comments of every post.
Rant over. Anyone else get this or is it just me? 😄