Jason Kulp: An interesting read and totally believable. Unfortunately I think that the default pace and attitude of American life, some of which is and societal and the rest of which is self inflicted, is more than evident to anyone living outside of the US. We cram as much into our schedules as possible, make sure we get as much bang for our buck out of our ... Read Morevacation time (total of which is miniscule compared to most nations), buy bigger houses and more cars than we need so we have to work more hours and/or be under more stress, make sure we're keeping up with the Jones's, repeat until we retire or die. At best we might be able to stifle the high octane drive for a week or two of vacation but the underlying attitude will still be there.
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Date: 2009-07-18 09:25 pm (UTC)Jason Kulp: An interesting read and totally believable. Unfortunately I think that the default pace and attitude of American life, some of which is and societal and the rest of which is self inflicted, is more than evident to anyone living outside of the US. We cram as much into our schedules as possible, make sure we get as much bang for our buck out of our ... Read Morevacation time (total of which is miniscule compared to most nations), buy bigger houses and more cars than we need so we have to work more hours and/or be under more stress, make sure we're keeping up with the Jones's, repeat until we retire or die. At best we might be able to stifle the high octane drive for a week or two of vacation but the underlying attitude will still be there.