Does Terre Haute still have that smell? Been a while since I’ve been there but when my wife was in school at ISU, I distinctly remember that funk of the wind was blowing right.

I almost moved to Terrible Hole for a while ... I still wound up in Indiana, though, so I guess it was moot.

Ahh terrible haute

Depends on you. My community sucks but I enjoy gardening, grafting, hiking, hunting for delicious mushrooms, bird watching, boating and building stuff. Not to mention flying and fishing.

Woman/minority/not-christian in a conservitive area?

True, I’m also in a really diverse city within the blue state so I have access to so many cultures within my region. I can go to open events at a mosque or even at events hosted by the local synagogue or local Pakistanis or local Indians or local Chinese. So many cultures, it’s really nice and I’m very lucky.

I think that’s pretty different then what the people in this meme tend to do

I suppose that is something to consider. Find a city you love and can see yourself calling home for a very long time

Protip: Live in Europe and you don't even need to go anywhere :-)

Nah, SEA is the new hotness for "life change" tourism

Still pretty up and coming though since the infrastructure isn't as well built out and foreign language accomodation isn't as present outside of the already touristy areas, but when has the reality of a situation ever stopped a trust fund baby before?

I think there's still validity to globe trotting though, living international experiences will genuinely lead to better matured people, and serves as a pretty solid means of cultural diffusion, especially music and cuisine.

As for minimum wage work, I think that's best handled by adopting those laws Aus did specifically criminalizing karen tantrums.