He wanted new experiences in his brain, not old, predictable ones. Were he to remain in Europe, his new experiences would only ever have the same texture as a cover version of a song he already knew-- old buildings doing riffs on other old buildings; bahnhofs and gares and staziones; change/cambio/wechsel. Going to America would be like learning a whole new kind of music.
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