I spend half the year in LA and the other 6 months in Greece. Here are 8 of the biggest differences I've noticed.
I spend half of every year living in sunny Los Angeles and the other half in my childhood town of Athens, Greece, and it's fun to compare the cities.
- I split my year between Los Angeles and Athens, and the cities are quite different.
- Beach culture and public recreational spaces tend to be more lax in Greece than in the US.
- I hardly ever run into traffic in Athens, but it's normal to sit on the clogged freeway in LA.
I spent the first few years of my life in Greece and then moved to the US.
But just like the influx of travelers helping to set record-breaking tourism numbers on the islands, I couldn't stay away from my beautiful birth country for long.
I currently split my time between Los Angeles and Athens for work — six months in the US and the other half of the year in Greece.
Now that I've been going back and forth between the countries for a few years, I've noticed a lot of stark differences.
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