alt Hacker NewsI appreciate your frustration, dumbledoren. Your comment speaks to perspectives I could expect to face in another country - thank you.
I can only say my personal intent isn't that. I live a simple life. My family has a small, old home. We garden, grow our own food, and are respectful to our environment.
I prioritize supporting small, local businesses.
I wouldn't want to parachute into another country acting as though I Know Better™ and bringing my "American sensibilities" to another country.
If I were to leave the US, I see myself entering another country, hat in hand, knowing fully I'm not better or special, and it's my job to adapt and to respect the culture and country.
> I can only say my personal intent isn't that. I live a simple life.
And yet you will end up doing that when you move to such a country. Regardless of your intentions.
> it's my job to adapt and to respect the culture and country
Unfortunately respect and cultural adaptation do not alleviate the effects of gentrification via housing costs and cost of living.
It would be less of a problem only if you went to a country and location that has a similar cost of living as where you live now, but then again, that's not really on the table, is it...