re: #352 Dr Lizardo

What’s funny though is this; Czechs like to stick close to home, to be honest, and a lot of my students simply can’t comprehend how in the world I can be happy living somewhere other than the nation where I was born.

I once had a group of students, all of whom were job-seekers, whining that they couldn’t find work; I suggested to them they should look in Prague, which - broadly speaking - has a very good jobs market, especially if you’re young and you speak (more or less) fluent English. They were horrified at this suggestion. From their reaction, you would’ve thought I’d told them to pack up all their worldly possessions and search for employment on Mars.

LOL

There are so many Americans who do this too. A surprising number of my friends are living within 100 miles of where they grew up/their parents live.

I can’t understand that. Then again, I grew up in NJ.