[PRCo] Re: Euro

[John Swindler]

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> >I see Not A Few Europeans on my bus  --  for those who live here in the 
>U.S.A. for a time  (student visa, temp work visa, etc.  --  NOT  just 
>vacationers)  I ask them where they would rather live  --  There or  U.S.A. 
>    ----    WITHOUT    Hesitation they say  U.S.A........
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I was amused a few weeks ago when Fred the Third asked our foreign exchange 
student if she was anxious to return to her home in Germany, and she replied 
with a resounding  - 'NO!!'

That said, suspect it is the exception, rather then the rule.

As my father commented several times many years ago concerning all those who 
critized American -"no one was forcing them the stay."  That could not be 
said for other parts of the world.

The net migration (when you discard the southern hemisphere moving north) 
still seems to be headed to the USA.  I enjoy visiting Europe and their 
transit systems (how's that, Derrick, for trying to get back on topic??), 
but don't think I'd want to live/retire there.

John


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>Marlene is one of my regular passengers  (so if you wish to verify this
>story, Ride My Bus  --  if she doesn't show, I know where she
>works!!)       Her husband is German, born and raised there, so with the
>qualifier of setting aside All Politics, I asked her if Mike would like
>to return to Germany to live?       """Absolutely Not  --  He  Hated
>It  There."""       Very strong language, but that is what she
>said.        Mike's mothers cousin married an American soldier so he had
>access to the base in Germany and watched American and Western movies
>All The Time.       He became single minded in his determination to move
>to the  U.S.A.  ASAP  and did so.       Started at Columbia U, finished
>his degree at SF State  --  he has been here well over three decades and
>hasn't looked back.       Marlene is Japanese American, born and raised
>in Hawaii.      She has family in Japan, loves her visits there,
>fantasizes about moving there and living in a bed of roses but Knows It
>Would Be Otherwise.       Japanese society is Highly Structured  --  she
>likes structure  --  but also Class Conscious and with her born outside
>the country, she would be a misfit and shunned!
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>Not Unlike Europe  --  much national // ethnic prejudice there  --
>basis of skirmishes // wars in the last half century!
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>It is  NOT  that Europe, Germany, Japan, nor the  U.S.A.  are bad
>----    just appealikng to some and not so appealing to others
>----    like beauty, it is all in the eye of the beholder.
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>Best  Wishes  to  One  And  All  For  A  Blessed  Easter!
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>Jim
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