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Dating people from other developed nations than the US forced me to never do a rushed vacation. They have weeks off of work and expect you to as well. They don

Dating people from other developed nations than the US forced me to never do a rushed vacation. They have weeks off of work and expect you to as well. They don't save up for 5 day trips across 3 day weekends to rush rush rush. They* just dip out and live in the different place for a while, take classes, get to know locals, etc. (*not everywhere has this privilege, but it is very common) I’m never going back to the other way I just hang out with richer Americans. More people have been doing something equivalent over the last year, they're usually also richer Americans just still career focused as well, compared to trust funders.

FanaHOVA 5y ago
> not everywhere has this privilege, but it is very common Lol this is not very common at all. You thinking that's common tells me you don't actually know how normal people from European countries actually live. Might be helpful to actually meet these "locals" that you talk about.
- vmception 5y ago
  I just didn’t want to write an essay about who does what by country and class I’m just glad I was exposed to it and was inspired and quickly able to adapt
pmontra 5y ago
What you refer to is people relocating for work or study. It happens but it's uncommon. Much more common is boarding a low cost flight on Friday night or Saturday morning, flying between 60 to 120 minutes and coming back on Sunday night. Add to that a two/three weeks vacation once per year.
- vmception 5y ago
  I’m referring to statutory 5 weeks of vacation actually. Narrowing it down to developed nations with that feature.
  - pmontra 5y ago
    I realize that I didn't explicitly state that I was writing about my experience in Europe, as a European living there. The data points are me and my friends of multiple countries but mainly Italians. There are (working) people who move to another place for many weeks but the vast majority of us does weekend tourism and 2 or 3 weeks vacations. Companies are not particularly keen to let one person go for 4 o 5 weeks. My personal experience when I was not self employed is that they don't like even 3 weeks in a single stint. The two longest vacations I had were one month long after I went self employed (hi Australia!) I expect that working from home will make staying abroad for a long term more common, but it costs more money that staying at home (you're probably still paying a rent or mortgage) and it's usually not for families.

FanaHOVA 5y ago

> not everywhere has this privilege, but it is very common Lol this is not very common at all. You thinking that's common tells me you don't actually know how normal people from European countries actually live. Might be helpful to actually meet these "locals" that you talk about.

vmception 5y ago
I just didn’t want to write an essay about who does what by country and class I’m just glad I was exposed to it and was inspired and quickly able to adapt

pmontra 5y ago

What you refer to is people relocating for work or study. It happens but it's uncommon. Much more common is boarding a low cost flight on Friday night or Saturday morning, flying between 60 to 120 minutes and coming back on Sunday night. Add to that a two/three weeks vacation once per year.

vmception 5y ago
I’m referring to statutory 5 weeks of vacation actually. Narrowing it down to developed nations with that feature.
- pmontra 5y ago
  I realize that I didn't explicitly state that I was writing about my experience in Europe, as a European living there. The data points are me and my friends of multiple countries but mainly Italians. There are (working) people who move to another place for many weeks but the vast majority of us does weekend tourism and 2 or 3 weeks vacations. Companies are not particularly keen to let one person go for 4 o 5 weeks. My personal experience when I was not self employed is that they don't like even 3 weeks in a single stint. The two longest vacations I had were one month long after I went self employed (hi Australia!) I expect that working from home will make staying abroad for a long term more common, but it costs more money that staying at home (you're probably still paying a rent or mortgage) and it's usually not for families.