Hi there tangerinetravels! Looks like you are roughing it down there :-) I'll be interested to see if you views change any as you get more and more into the culture and lifestyle of Mexico... When I moved to France I thought it was so amazing (and it is!) but it took me a while to realize that not everything is perfect. But also, if you get too comfortable there, you end up an exile back here! Not to freak you out, just that you end up missing so many things from one place or another that you're never totally satisfied anywhere and want the best of all your worlds at the same time - the human condition I guess...
Also, what you said about the laws - it reminded me of some of the old French philosophers talking about how laws should be the fewest and broadest possible because otherwise you end up with all these obnoxious little laws telling you which side of the street to walk your alligator ;-) And that's just a waste of paper!
Finally, I thought of you when I was walking into school the other day and saw a little tangerine colored Prius there in the parking lot :-)
Cheers!
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Hey @orangina!
We thought that we were opening up a can of worms with that title because we thought it'd be controversial, but we didn't get nearly as much backlash as we predicted.
There are already many things we've noticed that we prefer in the US. We could do a whole other video titled "Why The United States Is Better Than Mexico" and then we could alienate not only those from the US but also Mexicans ;)
~Jordan
I hope you didn't think I was criticizing you! Just sharing my own experience really - and to be honest, from the looks of your video, it looks like you're really living it up there :-) As long as you don't mind being a little controversial, you could absolutely do a video about the US being better...I know you've had your share of hiccoughs since you've been there.
Keep having fun!
No, not at all! We appreciate hearing any and all perspectives. You made some really great points and certainly, only time will tell if our Mexican "honeymoon" phase will continue or if we'll be wishing to come back to our home country eventually. What made you return from France, anything in particular?
I came back for grad school and have been regretting it ever since! Just kidding, sort of. There are pros and cons to both - but we really miss France. I want my son to live there at least for a while at some point, so we really will have to get our act together one of these days to go over for at least a year...we shall see!