And how this love for home has been deepened by the decline of the West, the rise of Asia, the diminishing charms of escaping to affluent countries and the enchanting idea, which has consumed both resident and expatriate elite, that they can make home a better place, and thus can have it all.
But this has not diminished his charms.
But he said the visitors did not diminish the charm of the town, which has no amusement parks or other attractions that might be seen as garish.
And that his enjoyment of wealth seems heightened by its exclusivity ("This ain't for them broke niggas," he warns us on Initiation) diminishes his charm even further.
Many know the place considered the kitchen of Japan probably will be relocated and modernized, thus diminishing the charm of a market that has been in the same spot along the Sumida River since 1935.
Paradoxically, this diminishes her charms, even though it shows her facility.
And anything that goes wrong and diminishes the charms of the project such as the money to buy a host of promised solar panels for people's roofs, which he says will be one of Guyana's first investments—hurts the process.Mr Stoltenberg, like many in the north, has developed a great devotion to "results-based" development assistance, in which the donors see what they are getting.
Its recent refurbishment has not diminished its character or charm.
Tom Wilkinson plays President Lyndon B Johnson, the hangdog realpolitiker, relying on a diminishing store of charm and yearning to defer civil rights to a more politically convenient time.
While I was thankful for the Starbucks in Largo do Senado, as it was the only place I could find a bathroom, the Largo's beauty and charm seemed vastly diminished by a 7-Eleven, Dunkin' Donuts, KFC and many more American and European chain stores.
