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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am tired of it because there are so many posts on this forum where people flag how moral and virtuous their priorities are by saying something like:

"We make $500,000 a year but clothes, cars and houses mean nothing to us--we buy everything secondhand and sometimes look like homeless people.  We do make sure to spend at least $50,000 a year on travel, however."

They then add, "Its all about priorities."[/quote]

I don't think anyone who is spending 50k on travel a year is signaling concerns about the environment.  Show a real post where that's the case.  Money and finances are always about priorities and values whether you say it or not.  How you spend your money shows what you value and you are signaling to others what you care about.  You just don't like it when people name it.[/quote]

I think you missed my point.

These posters want to position themselves as people who don't care about material things but are into the more virtuous and more highly evolved plane of spending on enriching experiences.

Totally oblivious to the carbon footprint of all their travel, which, ultimately is really not that virtuous and doesn't make them the better people they think they are.[/quote]

That's a story you're telling, but show the post where it's actually shown.  It's a feeling YOU get from it. I haven't seen that--and that's how you seem to be responding when anyone voices climate concerns.  In this particular thread, nobody said anything like that -- they responded with their view on excessive flying when OP  ASKED if they should move to Fl. not about what they spend on travel or whatnot. 
 And if you're the PP you said "Climate nazis need to back off"  (if you're not that PP, I apologize).  SO it seems you're a little triggered by anyone mentioning climate concerns connected to spending.[/quote]

Definitely not the climate nazi back off person!

I feel like a climate nazi every time I inwardly cringe reading posts in which people tout how frugal they are but spend lavishly on travel.

[b]i have done my share of traveling in the past, but feel that these days people really need to rationalize more before flying off to this place or that.  [/b]

With respect to Florida, OP is coming under fire, but I don't see the same fire being aimed at these frugal but tons of travel posters, who probably log in more flying hours a year than OP would going back and forth to Florida.  [/quote]

yup. got my traveling and flying in already, but now let me wag my finger at everyone else![/quote]
It seems like you and pp agree that flying less would be a good choice, and that it’s not all or nothing.[/quote]

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