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[quote=Anonymous]I lived overseas for a number of years. My husband traveled  for work for many years, globally.

Unless  you live in a different country  for a substantial amount of time- work there, travel there,  engage there, etc , you are basically  spending a ton of $$ just to have dinner in some other country, this after using a surprising amount of environmental resources   in order to do that. I'm not sure what you've gained over someone else who hasn't hiked in Norway, or posdibly hasn't seen the Edinburgh Tatoo. Or made pasta in Italy. Or whatever.

Many people have full lives within their own environment, rich with family, people, a job, connections,  and family. You aren't better, more privileged,  or even more cosmopolitan  than anyone. You just have room on your credit card and lots time. When you are in a village in Greece (or wherever) looking at the YiaYias having coffee together in their shirtdresses and calloused feet,laughing and talking, realize that you are taking their picture as something exotic for you, but they probably  have never left, nor will ever leave that village to travel to your suburban  vinyl coated houses and find that remotely interesting. They raised whole families, live on a fraction of what you require, sustainably, and their world is people. They could teach everyone what true life is.

Bloom where you grow. [/quote]

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