Historical sites you’ve been to or want to go to thread

[PrettyBoy]

I’ve seen most of the automotive historical sites I’ve always wanted to see due to the fact that I went to school in Detroit and lived in Michigan for several years. The school I went to itself is a historical automotive/industrial design school. That was a treat. Hard work, but still a blessing to be accepted there. I’ve been to Le Mans in France several times, but I still have not been to Modena, Italy to see the old Ferrari factory, and also Sant’ Agata, Italy to see the Lamborghini old factory and museum. I also would enjoy seeing the Aston Martin factory and museum in GB, along with the Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW factories and museums in Germany.

With the other conversation on this thread, I’ll have to respectfully disagree that the 60s are the same as today. I didn’t live in the 60s, wasn’t even thought of, but my parents did. Based on the stories they’ve told me and what I’ve seen in media compared to now, it’s night and day. To them and to me, today is much darker. As my dad always said “Folks today don’t have a lick of sense.”

Whether people have changed fundamentally over the past 60-years or whether they have gotten worse, depends on the lens through which you view human behavior. To me, I have never in my life seen the foolishness that I see today. The violence is unheard of. 5 and 6-year old children getting killed at school in mass, etc. and nobody does a damn thing about it.

However, I do think at our core, human behavior remains largely the same — we seek connection, purpose, and survival. But circumstances, societal pressures, and cultural shifts have influenced how we express those needs. I also think with the constant use of smartphones and the internet, that in itself has profoundly changed how people interact, think, and spend their time. With that, it’s led to less face-to-face communication, and for some, a sense of disconnection.

IMO, today is darker and people seem worse in many ways due to the magnifying of technology and social media, which highlights both the best and worst of humanity. But I do believe the core of human nature —our capacity for love, creativity, and connection does remain the same.