France has had an unemployment rate of 10% for over a decade, Germany is now close to 12%. Half of those stay unemployed for at least a year. Too relaxed for me :)
On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > I know why for me (these are my perceptions of course): > > 1.) America has a culture of work. Go to any dinner party in America > and the first question you get is, "what do you do?". If you work > less than 60 hours per week you're not working hard enough. Children > usually seem like a burden for most people (how many people take their > kids on vacation with them?) If you get 3 weeks off per year you're > lucky and when you get back from vacation you're bombed with backed up > work. "stay at home" parents are pariahs while a > double-income-new-BMW family is respected. > > 2.) Cultural Regression. I feel like we're in a Jesus-land regression > that has citizens thinking the government's role is to teach values. > The gov't has no such role in my world. It exists to protect rights, > period. > > 3.) Rampant consumerism. Stuff is great, but I'm starting to feel > like consumption is out of control here. We try to save a significant > portion of our income - the rest of America seems happy with 0% or > less. > > For me, Europe, specifically Benelux and France but southern Germany > and parts of Italy too, is *really* relaxing. Life is focused on > family and freetime and that's something I like. > > The only places in America I've found that match that are Wisconsin, > parts of Oregon, and parts of the East Coast like Vermont. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185148 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
