Comments on: The pros and cons of expat escapism https://www.expatify.com/turkey/the-pros-and-cons-of-expat-escapism.html Travel & Expat Lifestyle Magazine Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 By: Tom https://www.expatify.com/turkey/the-pros-and-cons-of-expat-escapism.html/comment-page-1#comment-12255 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:01:27 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=7537#comment-12255 In reply to Erin.

Erin, that’s another great point about how so many people in other countries are focused on US politics. I suppose it makes truly “escaping” nearly impossible, at least compared to someone from, say, Canada or Australia where almost no one even knows the PMs name, much less the harm they might have done to other countries. I’m unable to tune it all out anyway so I don’t have much problem keeping up with the general public I meet in other countries (at least about US politics), but it does seem like it would be nice to completely get away from it for a while sometimes. -Tom

]]> By: Erin https://www.expatify.com/turkey/the-pros-and-cons-of-expat-escapism.html/comment-page-1#comment-12232 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:45:34 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=7537#comment-12232 Ugh, I totally agree. It’s refreshing to get away from the madness, although I feel guilty complaining about it considering the political difficulties much of the world has especially come election time. My experience has been, though, that the more people I meet from varying countries, the more American politics seem to come up. It’s definitely an interesting dynamic to have much of the rest of the world tuned in to your countries (charade-like) politics. I’m not sure it has exactly been an escape for me, but definitely a little perspective!

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