For several years in a row various organizations have determined that Vienna is apparently the most livable city in the world based on factors such as greenery, infrastructure, social security net, and safety. It is also a city where in surveys almost 40% of the population is either the child of an immigrant or an immigrant. In less than one day at various stops in cafes and shops we have encountered waiters and salespeople who hail variously from Montenegro, Serbia, Spain, and Poland. The reason I can report this fact is because my father has no compunction in asking people where they hail from and then, when possible, speaking to them in any combination of either German, Polish, or Spanish before going to English (and in an English whose accent is from I don't know what
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