History

When something is good is survives (like a company, a place, whatever). The tacky place has managed to survive for more than 100 years. Amazing, isn't it?

I just have to get back at the Americans now. Your country has no history (well, it does but not more than 200-300 years...nothing). Not your fault I admit, but it's funny.

Here in Europe we tripple over 600-year-old buildings, family-owned businesses (ok, maybe not 600 years old, but close enough), history is everywhere. Which in my mind is not interesting in itself, but it does impress me with a place that's been around for more than 100 years.

Guess it means that I wasn't the first to discover it :)