I could have written the whole piece in Dutch just as well, but that was not what I did. Just like the commenter before me says, my intention was to make it as broadly readable as possible. It is a fact that there are more Dutch people who can read and write English in the 'housing activist movement' than there are non-Dutch people who can read and write Dutch. Most of the latter group are able to read and write English, though. Because I wanted to address my opinion piece to as many housing activists as I possibly can within Amsterdam, I chose that language. Nothing more, nothing less.
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I could have written the whole piece in Dutch just as well, but that was not what I did. Just like the commenter before me says, my intention was to make it as broadly readable as possible. It is a fact that there are more Dutch people who can read and write English in the 'housing activist movement' than there are non-Dutch people who can read and write Dutch. Most of the latter group are able to read and write English, though. Because I wanted to address my opinion piece to as many housing activists as I possibly can within Amsterdam, I chose that language. Nothing more, nothing less.