Yeah, I just checked out a neighborhood in Den Helder, and it looks different from Rotterdam and Den Haag. It feels a little more American than Zuid Holland. What's the city like?
As far as Albany, it was just voted America's 2nd saddest city, and it's the 3rd poorest and had been 1st for murder at the turn of the 21st Century. My neighborhood's pretty nice, though, located in a middle class neighborhood in the suburbs. If you want to check it out, I live at ___ (edit).