[quote=FlyerInHi]flu, Europeans have been impressed by our money since the industrial revolution.
spd, yes, Berlin is the place to be in Europe right now.
BTW, Germany, previously the sick man of Europe, reformed. It’s more USA-like now and accepts more immigrants than any country after America.
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I didn’t know that europeans would be so impressed with our money. I mean, they got this thing going on called the Euro..And I would think for folks that aren’t nearly as materialistic as us americans, that they wouldn’t be so easily impressed with our money, wouldn’t you?
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San Diego freeways are not congested compared to the roads in Europe. Commuting from Temecula would be too much, but within the county is OK. In the comfort of your own SUV! Yes, mind-numbing, but people don’t want philosophical stimulation or serendipitous meetings. They want to sit their fat asses in air-conditioned bubbles listening to talk-radio.[/quote]
I’m not quite following what you are saying here. Are you saying that we should commute from temecula or should we not… And I don’t quite understand how it’s related to to philosophical stimulation versus talk radio being listened by “fat asses”… If I were to guess, it seems to make sense that if we have short commute times, that probably would be better for the environment, though it would be detrimental to having intellectually stimulating conversations…But if we have longer commute times, it would be worse for the environment but possibly better wrto having more intellectually stimulating conversations….It seems like there is a direct trade off between intellectually stimulating conversations and the environment, especially when it comes to commuting.
