Comments on: The World’s Best Places

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:11:46 +0000

Scary but true, Zea. Very balanced way of looking at things.

By: Zea

Zea — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:47:36 +0000

Very interesting debate here. I haven’t studied up on Europe enough to have factual arguements to back myself up, but in general, I agree with you that it is ridiculous and disingenuous for American politicians to scare the public with the fear of turning into Europe. No country or government system is perfect. None. However, the European countries have been around for a long long time. They were ond when America was born. Just as with individual people, I think there is a lot of wisdom gained with experience. Europe went through its empire stage and world conquorer/police stage, and has emerged still standing and viable in the world. I don’t know if the U.S. will be in that kind of position as our current political/economic/social upheavals continue. The things we like to forget is that no one stays on top forever, and our country should be planning how we want to be when our supremacy fades.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:29:29 +0000

I am actually compiling a list of Wilmington people from a variety of viewpoints I’d love to get in one room, throw a topic out there, and see what everyone says. You guys are top of the list!

By: David P.

David P. — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:20:45 +0000

Man, I love controversial topics any time of the year! Anytime you guys want to engage in one, just let me know!

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:54:13 +0000

I still hold on to dreams of living in Paris. I know it’s one thing to vacation some place and an entirely different thing to live there, but still.

How cool would it be to go to grad school in Europe? If you do that, you’d officially be the Coolest Person I Know.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:46:13 +0000

I, for one, just checked out this book from the library: http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Out-Leaving-America-Self-reliance/dp/0976082276

I’ve been looking into grad school in England for the express purpose of emmigrating to Europe. I hate hunting.

Audubon was a painter (who, ironically, immigrated to America from France to dodge a draft and spent much of his time here hunting). It’s spelled autobahn.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:53:46 +0000

Debates like this can be fun, and it’s too bad we don’t have more of them. It seems like in the months leading up to the election, Jesse and I got into some pretty fun debates with people, but now that the election’s over we’re all more apt to talking about less controversial topics. It’s kind of a shame…

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:38:28 +0000

Fascinating thread of inquiry! Wish I could pour myself a cup of coffee and sit down for a economics lecture. Overall though, I’d have to say that I’m with Yana on most of the points she made.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:27:06 +0000

Feel free to hijack. But you’re absolutely right–it’s hard to have this kind of discussion in a bunch of little responses. I wish everyone were here in Wilmington. We’d go out to coffee and go on for hours. Well, Jesse and I will have to have you and Melissa over for dinner sometime so you can talk about competition and economics and the like.

By: David P.

David P. — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:56:02 +0000

I think economics is a vital component of these types of question. It is important to understand competition (which isn’t about doctors not holding on to their patients, but about providing them with the incentive to be at the top of their game) and supply and demand.

But this was not the point of your post, so I do not want to hijack your comments. Also, these discussions do not translate well to small snippets of impersonal communication and never come across they way they are intended. But, this is definitely a passion of mine… I could go on for hours.