Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 12:07 pm
Wow, I am so ridiculously jealous of everyone living in Europe, hehehe.
I have it better than most people in the US 'cause I live directly on the border between Canada and the US (if I turned around to look out the window right now, it's right there. It's so marvelous.) so a few hours on the train gets me to Montreal where it's at least different, but mostly wherever you go you're still in the US and the differences aren't TOO crazy.
I know where you're coming from, Haether. I grew up in Ohio, went to France for a bit, and then moved to Upstate New York, hehe. People in the US are different all over the place, but not so significant as Europe, I'm really jealous of that. I think it would really change your whole world view to be able to jaunt off to a significantly different country just for a day and come back.
I mean, I go to Canada because the Starbucks in Canada is closer than the one in my own country... but it's not really a change, hehe.
Anyway, this is an awesome thread, way to put Jonas' worries into perspective. For me, it doesn't really seem all that big maybe 'cause I usually get stuck on that stupid multi day road trip ready to kill myself and everyone else in the car... but for people who don't do that a lot, and thinking back on it seeing all of the country differences, it really IS a LOT. O_O
I have it better than most people in the US 'cause I live directly on the border between Canada and the US (if I turned around to look out the window right now, it's right there. It's so marvelous.) so a few hours on the train gets me to Montreal where it's at least different, but mostly wherever you go you're still in the US and the differences aren't TOO crazy.
I know where you're coming from, Haether. I grew up in Ohio, went to France for a bit, and then moved to Upstate New York, hehe. People in the US are different all over the place, but not so significant as Europe, I'm really jealous of that. I think it would really change your whole world view to be able to jaunt off to a significantly different country just for a day and come back.
I mean, I go to Canada because the Starbucks in Canada is closer than the one in my own country... but it's not really a change, hehe.
Anyway, this is an awesome thread, way to put Jonas' worries into perspective. For me, it doesn't really seem all that big maybe 'cause I usually get stuck on that stupid multi day road trip ready to kill myself and everyone else in the car... but for people who don't do that a lot, and thinking back on it seeing all of the country differences, it really IS a LOT. O_O