"Excitable Boy" wrote in message
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What *really* stands out tho is that even if you only earn a pittance
in China, there is a place for you to live. You aren't dirt.

What's happening here is that you're talking about what you don't like about
the US lifestyle, when the subject is material wealth.

Lifestyle is a matter of personal likes and dislikes. Material wealth is a
matter of numbers. The numbers aren't subject to argument, and you know
where the numbers are.

As for my own opinion about lifestyle and feeling good about where you
are -- though you didn't ask g -- it's pretty much a matter of what you
make of it. The arguments about it are interesting and sometimes amusing.
But they don't mean a lot to me.

I'm sure I'd find a lot to like about China. I found a lot to like about
most places I've lived, although some of them were better enjoyed as
vacations than as living.

The key to me is what your "home" is. I happen to like this one quite a lot,
mostly because of the things I value. There is no other place that I would
consider my center, my home, even if I left the place and lived somewhere
else for years at a time.

Ed Huntress