““Over dinner, he elaborates that while he’ll certainly miss specific people, what he’ll really miss is a culture that values interaction. I think about how people here live modestly, in houses that have been in families for generations. They drive beat-up cars. They work jobs that provide for basic necessities— gardener, barista, baker, without feeling the need to do more, have more, or be more. Instead of striving for more, they relax into what they have. Time.””
