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Thoughts I've had so far while in Spain...

Spain is not quite as technologically developed as the USA, but the quality of life here is so much better...I feel like the US is just part of a big technological test now, if that makes any sense at all. It's like we're taking every bit of new electronic knowledge and pushing it to its limit, all the while creating more work, more multitasking, more isolation and more things that humans weren't supposed to go through. It might be a mistake to have developed things so much.

Here in Spain, most of the people live within close range of the city. There are plenty of cars, but walking is much more emphasized. Since people walk more...naturally people are much more healthy. Smaller businesses thrive here, and if you see a friend on the street you don't just say hello and keep walking, you stop and have a meaningful conversation with them. That is something much less likely to happen in the cramped up suburbs we have where it takes 20 mins to drive in to the huge supermarket, drive in circles waiting for the closest spot possible, buy your groceries and get out of there as fast as you can, and then drive the 20 mins back home.

I am not going to like America as much when I get back. Don't get me wrong, I love the democracy and voting priveledges, the freedom to worship and all that America was built upon. It's still a great country, and I would still fight for it...but it won't be the same. Not when I know what life could really be like....and perhaps what life is supposed to be like.