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https://i0.wp.com/www.cccc.org/news_blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P1090057-e1667840811179.jpg?fit=600%2C800&ssl=1600800Monday morning I picked up my car at Gare du Nord and was off to Lens, which is 7 km from the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge. It was a nice drive (back on the righthand side!) through the French countryside. What I found surprising, especially as I entered the Arras region, was how small the towns and villages still are. There doesn't appear to have been the urban sprawl that happens elsewhere. Does everyone move to the cities?