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[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 81 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Traveling the world spending hundreds of thousands is great and all, but have you tried exploring everything about your community? I find it far more rewarding to invest my time into my own community and learning about others that are my neighbors. My community has a wealth of people and experiences and going through that is way nicer instead of not even scratching the surface of other countries people and cultures.

That’s why people that make videos like this tend to come off as so superficial. They never really take the time to get to know someone and invest in their life. They go, see and take what they want, and leave feeling like they’re profound and found the meaning to life.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Depends on where you live. My community really sucks (Terre Haute, Indiana), but I do a lot of regional exploration. You don't have to travel all that far, maybe a day at most, to find new and interesting things.

[-] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Does Terre Haute still have that smell? Been a while since I’ve been there but when my wife was in school at ISU, I distinctly remember that funk of the wind was blowing right.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Thankfully, no. The paper plant closed down. Instead we now have a performance space that hosted Ted Nugent a couple of months ago. And we're getting a casino for some reason.

[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Instead we now have a performance space that hosted Ted Nugent a couple of months ago.

My condolences. But at least it wasn't Trump, gotta find that silver lining where you can.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No, but Vigo County used to be a bellwether. It voted for the winner in every election for something like 80 years. Then it went for Trump in 2020.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I definitely assume that this county is named for Vigo the Carpathian, the Sorrow of Moldova.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You know what annoys me? Half the people here pronounce it "Vai-go." like rhymes with 'eye.' Did they not watch Ghostbusters II?

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

That’s the last straw. Time to move.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If I only could...

[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago

Just out of curiosity, do you know the name of the paper mill?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It was owned by International Paper.

[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the reply!

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I almost moved to Terrible Hole for a while ... I still wound up in Indiana, though, so I guess it was moot.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on where in Indiana. We grew up in Bloomington and have many friends there and it's a decent town overall, even though it's in Indiana, so we'd love to move there. We can't afford a house there, but it's a nice dream.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Shit, prices there are skyrocketing, aren't they. Are they trying to catch up with Seattle?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's not Seattle bad, but you're lucky if you can find a small house for less than half a million and our house is probably worth a third of that.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Hey, it could be worse. It could be Bay Area bad.

[-] SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Ahh terrible haute

[-] ClaireDeLuna@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

That's all well and good, but my community would probably kill me eventually so...I'll stick to not talking to them.

[-] ITypeWithMyDick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Woman/minority/not-christian in a conservitive area?

[-] ClaireDeLuna@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Transfem atheist in the south so yes yes and yes

[-] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

What if I just don’t care about the people though? What if I want to see cool places and climb cool mountaints, etc?

[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think that’s pretty different then what the people in this meme tend to do

[-] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Idk, I live in a small town and I'm kinda tired of my community.

[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I suppose that is something to consider. Find a city you love and can see yourself calling home for a very long time

[-] PatFussy@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They also only ever go to Europe. Nobody that wants profound life changing experiences goes to Europe other than to put it on as a badge of honor that they did.

Traveling through places like Lybia or Cambodia you are seen as some sort of humanitarian, whereas if you travel through Germany or France, you are getting a life changing experience... If you really want a life changing experience, get a minimum wage job.

[-] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Protip: Live in Europe and you don't even need to go anywhere :-)

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

If they lived in Europe their life would probably be the same level of exciting as if they had just stayed in the US

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, SEA is the new hotness for "life change" tourism

Still pretty up and coming though since the infrastructure isn't as well built out and foreign language accomodation isn't as present outside of the already touristy areas, but when has the reality of a situation ever stopped a trust fund baby before?

I think there's still validity to globe trotting though, living international experiences will genuinely lead to better matured people, and serves as a pretty solid means of cultural diffusion, especially music and cuisine.

As for minimum wage work, I think that's best handled by adopting those laws Aus did specifically criminalizing karen tantrums.

[-] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's interesting to look up the tourist things in your local area and do a day trip around home - perhaps I'm spoilt though, living in a federal capital with plenty of national things

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

All the while panhandling and busking in poor countries to feel poor and enlightened.

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