Anonymous
Post 09/22/2023 05:39     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…


Sounds good to me!
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2023 02:13     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…


+100

Not a great place for those of us who value diversity and vibrancy


Agree this is an odd comment. Strange conclusion.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2023 01:31     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Super interesting thread. I’ve travelled a lot through and outside of the US, and never felt this way. I have of course loved many places I have visited, but I never felt “at home” or viscerally connected to a place.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2023 01:26     Subject: Re:Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
France

I’ve traveled all over the world, but every time I came to France, I felt like I was coming home.

After my ninth trip there, I moved here. Life is too short to not live in the place that feels like home.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2023 00:47     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:Certain areas of Bavaria and Austria. I told DH (born and raised in Germany) that I would relocate there any time. He loves it there, but his heart is in the Pfalz / Alsace area.


Ditto!!!
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2023 00:45     Subject: Re:Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A trip to Alaska had me questioning my life choices. I would love to live there in the summers.


Yes, Alaska is awesome. Probably favorite place I’ve ever visited. My only issue is I love to hike and wander around the woods and in mountains. Alaska, and all of its bears, put me on edge, especially grizzly bears. Ditto for Montana, so I guess I would settle for Colorado, where there is only a small population of black bears.


+2. I also love the Alps.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2023 00:42     Subject: Re:Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
I love Germany. I would live there in old age. Everyone is highly educated and polite.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2023 00:37     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…


+100

Not a great place for those of us who value diversity and vibrancy


It seems wrong to dislike a country because of the racial makeup.


Especially one as vibrant as Norway. I love Kenya and Norway. They are what they are.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2023 17:42     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…


+100

Not a great place for those of us who value diversity and vibrancy


It seems wrong to dislike a country because of the racial makeup.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2023 17:39     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…


+100

Not a great place for those of us who value diversity and vibrancy
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2023 15:26     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sanibel


Yes! But now after Ian, it's like watching a loved one with an irreversible disfiguring disease. It will never be the same.


Have you been back? We have family that live there and visited last April. It was definitely still deeply affected but I felt the specialness still.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2023 15:19     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:Hong Kong, some 5-10 years back. I love food and Hong Kong is a dream.

Italy, too. Not as much diversity in food but the quality is amazing.

I live in an area in the US with great access to local food and I love it.


+1 to 10+ years ago Hong Kong.

Heartbreaking that it’s gone.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2023 15:19     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:Berlin (Germany, not the little town on the Eastern Shore, but that is a beautiful place, too!)


I'm from Berlin. It's a great city. Where do you stay when you're there. What do you love about it?
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2023 12:10     Subject: Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Hong Kong, some 5-10 years back. I love food and Hong Kong is a dream.

Italy, too. Not as much diversity in food but the quality is amazing.

I live in an area in the US with great access to local food and I love it.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2023 12:03     Subject: Re:Have you ever traveled somewhere and absolutely fell in love with the place?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Interesting all the love Norway is getting…one of the whitest countries on the planet. Hmm…


Also one of the wealthiest. North Sea oil helps.


Diversity isn’t all it’s made out to be. Most people want to live near people who are like them. Places with the most satisfied citizens are usually the most homogeneous.


It’s the difference between a nation state and a country. This is a country and I far prefer our diversity and I am as white and Northern European as it gets.