Posted by beckett2 on August 9, 2019, at 17:56:46
In reply to Re: sorry » Beckett2, posted by alexandra_k on August 4, 2019, at 5:05:40
>Perhaps it is fair to say that the further away something is, the better it looks. The grass is always greener on the other side of the world, or something like that
Point taken. In addition, there is what Id like, at my age, in a country. Id like a backwater with a decent amount of tourist influx to keep it leavened. There is also, I think, a good amount of hippie/health culture in NZ. Less pollution. Less cars.
I ran across this article on gun violence in the US. I dont know how accurate it isthere seems to be a disagreement as to data manipulation.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2019/08/06/el-paso-texas-dayton-ohio-shooting-victims-mass-killings-by-numbers/1922454001/This might explain the current mood here. You only need to watch the first minute or so.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tLYsLfIoegg
like a bird on a wire
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