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I think you started on right track but reached a very wrong conclusion. * Deep-seated unease: Yes * No way to solve it except "buy a thing": No Living in an
by khazhoux 1y ago
I think you started on right track but reached a very wrong conclusion.
* Deep-seated unease: Yes
* No way to solve it except "buy a thing": No
Living in an Italian town is obviously a romantic escapist fantasy. No more Teams meetings. Instead you just pick up your daily loaf of bread from the baker down the twisty walkway. All your mundane troubles are gone.
- xg15 1y agoThe irony is that the Teams meetings will follow you, but with some luck, you can at least do them from antique balcony with an espresso in hand. Maybe that hints that the sense of unease is coming from the working culture? If your job feels draining and stressful, neither feels like it advances you, nor society, nor has any kind of endgame, it makes sense that it will lead to increasing unhappiness and escapist fantasies.
- munificent 1y ago> Living in an Italian town is obviously a romantic escapist fantasy. Yes, exactly. But note that the author presumes that the way to attain that fantasy is "buy a house". This is not an article about figuring out how to move to Italy, it's an article about buying a house in Italy. There's almost no discussion of, saying moving logistics, visas, commutes, etc. It's not about the act of getting there. It tacitly assumes that the way you accomplish the goal is almost entirely by purchasing a thing.