Locals are warm and generous, the streets are perfectly safe, the economy is strong and cultural traditions thrive, especially in the countryside.

The poetic tradition thrived in Wales as long as there were patrons available to welcome its practitioners.

This was also a region in which Jewish tradition and the mystic movement of Hasidism thrived.

But the tradition is thriving today, thanks in part to support from the Kyrgyz authorities.

With the Talmud, Jewish tradition could thrive in spite of the discrimination it faced.

The tradition thrives in Europe, but the American public does not have the same expectation of its intellectuals.

Another potential factor was that the economy was largely agricultural, where oral tradition usually thrives.

Today, the spirit and tradition of the Lasallian community thrives in 81 countries and in more than 1,000 educational institutions.

This tradition thrived throughout Greece after independence as popular entertainment for a largely adult audience, particularly before competition arose from television.

Great intellectual traditions have thrived on a fraction of the economic resources available today because they were sustained by deep cultural forces.