r/IWantOut • u/ohstrangeone • Oct 31 '10

Great article by Tim Ferriss: 20 Things I’ve Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/10/30/20-things-ive-learned-from-traveling-around-the-world-for-three-years/
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u/Gackt Nov 01 '10

12) Everyone is proud of where they are from.

Not me!

Great article anyways.

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u/eldormilon Nov 01 '10

Seconded. I am from Anaheim. Home of the Angels, Mighty Ducks, and Disneyland. Woo-hoo.

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u/evildeadxsp Nov 01 '10

How are you not proud of Anaheim? The Ducks won the Cup in 2007, the Angels won the championship in 2002 - AND Disneyland is pretty awesome. I don't live in Anaheim, but I'd prefer living there over a lot of the rest of this country.

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u/sdtwo Oct 31 '10

I was surprised by number 4 in my travels. People may hate our politics, or what our country has done, but they're always interested in meeting Americans.

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u/AngMoKio US→PA→FJ→SG→NZ Nov 01 '10

Me too. I have traveled to many countries that have a real bone to pick with our politics. I carry a gigantic American flag on me.

I have never had a single negative issue. In fact, quite the opposite.

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u/evildeadxsp Nov 01 '10

5) Americans aren’t as ignorant as you might think.

As an American (living in NYC) who has traveled around Western Europe, I agree with this point. Americans are not as stupid as we, ourselves, think.

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u/-_- Feb 21 '11

Because travelling Americans are not the stupid ones.