Well MS, this is your opinion as applied to your own life only and as such we all respect that. At least you know your own mind. Have you formed this opinion through your experience of living (not just visited) in other countries, or is something that you inherently know about yourself.
I have moved around in my lifetime. Everytime I have made a move then everything starts all over again. Sometimes this is for the better, but sometimes its for the worse as well. There are some things you want to remain in your life like friends, family, etc. You cant honestly believe that these same people will remain a strong part of your life if you move somewhere 1000s of miles away. Developing relationships with people takes time. It can almost never be done overnight. Most of the time it takes months to develop a really strong friendship with someone. I have noticed that the vast majority of the trading population discounts the value of close relationships with people. That is why most have chosen to resign themselves behind messageboards and monitors as they do not want to face real people. In fact, these are usually the ones who want to run away to Europe or the islands to escape. As I said, its a waste. People are the most valuable part of reality and moving away is only a means to temporarily escape reality. If I were forced to move out of the country, the only three places I would consider are Brazil, Thailand or the Philippines. If I am to move, then there should be no lack of ready and willing ladies at the location. It is in these three places where I have found my greatest success with the ladies. If I am to destroy personal relationships, then I might as well do it with two ladies in my bed rather then none.
I would guess it's because traders WORK ON THE COMPUTER and ARE THEREFORE STUCK ON THE COMPUTER ALL DAY. And when you say that it's "these people are the ones who want to run away to Europe or islands" do you mean EVERYONE!? Go interview most people and ask them if they'd like to go live in some beautiful island destination or in a gorgeous European city...if they tell you no on average, I'll eat my words. I think you've got a serious lack of thinking going on if you think most people don't dream of moving away to an island destination. The reason traders do it more than most perhaps is because TRADERS WORK ON THE COMPUTER and have the ability to live almost anywhere. You're very dense to stereotype people like that and not even consider that most people have dreamt about how wonderful it would be to live on an island like Bora Bora.
Hola michaelscott, You have a fascinating and revealing point of view. Is this a point of view that you would care to share with LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa or The Governor of CA for example. If you were born in the New World (US, Canada, Latin America, Aussie, NZ etc) and if you are not a 100% full blooded native then how did you get there. Obviously, someone(s) in your family history made the move to live some where else. People do things for reasons known sometimes only to themselves. In other words their explanations do not line up with their thoughts. The litmus test to this is whenever you enjoy the freedom to make a life altering decision, always ensure that you are moving towards something, and not running away from something else. Unresolved issues have a tendency to follow, even if they remain dormant for lengthy periods and they will ruin any new opportunities that you thought you may have had. In the end, we are all different.
The reasons why my family moved here because there were bombs raining down on Europe at the time and lots of other pressing matters. I believe the reasons why they moved were fairly obvious.
michael, don't answer me but you should realize what an idiot you sound like. Your name should actually be Dwight Schrute maybe.
This is very sad. You think that we would have all learnt from history by now, but incredibly there are those in positions of unfettered power who have not. Read their bios and see how many gained experience from living within other cultures in their pre political lives, and how many did not. You may even spot commonality amongst them.
Honestly Puede, this forum is more of a sort of entertainment for myself while I do my job. If you take posts this seriously, then you are the biggest idiot of them all and you will surely blow your account. If you think my posts sound idiotic, then there is always the ignore key. In any event, how about being respectful of other people's opinions and ideas no matter how illogical they may sound to yourself. Your personal attacks against myself are because I posted up threads saying that we are at a market top. That is my opinion and I hope you respect that. In any event, I would rather be thought of as an idiot then a bigot. You sir are a bigot and I am quite surprised for someone who comes from a hispanic background. I do not dismiss your culture or ideals because they are spanish. Then I too would be a bigot. However, I'll let you hold that grand title instead.