--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: <snip> > --- In [email protected], "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: <snip> > > I live near New York City, and the faces in this area are > > so often filled with anxiety or bone weary fatigue. I feel > > sad not because they are not doing anything to help humanity, > > but because so many humans seem to be having a rough time of > > it, and really suffering, whether from anxiety or hunger or > > illness. Don't get me wrong, basically I am an optimist by > > nature. But when I look closely, life sure does seem tough. > > I must say that this thread and this agreement > with its content surprises me somewhat, because > when I look around on the streets of Spain, I don't > see what is being described. Some of it may be "What > you focus on you become," but a larger part may be > the difference between Europe and the United States.
Or it may simply be the difference between the purely anecdotal observations of two people in two quite limited geographical areas. To extrapolate from those observations to the entire United States and the whole of Europe doesn't really make a lot of sense. Just as another data point, I live 20 miles from NYC, and I don't see in people's faces what Wayback does. (Didn't see it when I lived in NYC up until nine years ago, either, FWIW.)
