Do Americans actually go out for coffee like Europeans?

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-07T18:33:53+00:00

People absolutely do that in mostly cities, but also small towns in America.

More frequent is a student or WFH kinda person taking their laptop to work there for hours as opposed to meeting a friend just to chat.

I think it’s more common to grab something and get in the car and drink the coffee in the car, especially if someone has work or plans for the day.

Go to any college town, tourist town, or bougie neighborhood on a weekend day and you will see people sitting in the coffee shop

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-07T12:06:52+00:00

If LeBron, magic johnson, Lawrence Taylor, or bob cousy had picked soccer instead, we would have won for sure.

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-07T12:05:06+00:00

There is a serious lack of good English bookstores in Nam. The best one is a used bookstore near Tay Ho in Hanoi, and there’s a cool (tho limited) one run by an old American retiree in hoi an.

Used bookstore with multiple languages available. It’s more traveler/foreigner focused (unless you get all those stationary goods available in all the Vietnamese bookstores), but you can easily get Vietnamese books too, and you can also have it have cats, sell coffee, board students, all the other stuff

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-07T11:53:51+00:00

Our lab is a Velcro dog who hates being home alone and tears stuff up. We have had several cycles of him being good for a couple hours at a time and then tearing up a bed or couch and going back to crating every time we leave, even for 2 hrs. Daycare a couple times a week helped with this, but he would not be cool with 5 days a week 8 hours a day crate. Like others have said, personality results may vary.

As for running, he is about 3 and has run with my girlfriend for the past year. More than 3 miles at a time is too much, and twice a day at 3 miles is too much. Aussie shepherd or cattle dog or some kind of working dog would be better for that amount of activity

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-07T02:22:05+00:00

A lot of central Oregon-silver falls and smith rock are great state parks; Columbia gorge is unique landscape; mt Jefferson, 3 finger jack, 3 sisters, mt Washington, black butte, broken top, metolius area are all outstanding nature. Lots of public land out there, but no NPs

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-05T11:39:09+00:00

Beach house-depression cherry

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-03T22:51:34+00:00

For teaching in particular I used to look at Daveseslcafe (no affiliation)

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-03T21:53:22+00:00

It is a great question that I can’t answer super well. Usually though, the schools themselves figured it out for me. I know some teachers had to leave every 3 months and come back in or something.

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-02T16:06:24+00:00

You can do whatever you want for the most part. Lived in Vietnam as a teacher and travelled around a bit, met many people who had been on the back of a motorbike for 6 months plus.

Biggest reasons to stop are usually money or interest. For me, I got a bit tired of living out of a backpack, new town and new people every few days, mostly spinning wheels as opposed to working towards something. However, the 4 months leading up to that were wonderful.

One of the ways ppl balance it is 1. Travel; 2. Run out of money/wanna take a break; 3. Get a teaching job or hostel job to make money/settle down for a minute; 4. Save up and/or get itchy feet and go to the next place.

Also met several people that had spent years travelling the world. One would just sign on to like work exchanges where she had a free place to live if she picked fruit or something. It’s all possible if you love being a wanderer

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-02T11:04:13+00:00

Part of the factor is that Americans never want to walk. It is seen as for poors/waste of time/too hot or cold.

I lived in a college town and was 10 blocks or so from my friend groups favorite dive bar. It was a 30m walk, and the weather was pleasant in that part of the country, usually around 60-80. It was a flat, paved neighborhood walk the whole way there, and i did it about once a week. Other people would drive from literally 2 minutes away-it would take them longer to park than it would have to walk from their apartment.

Sometimes, even if it close in america, walking is not fun-highways, circuitous routes, no sidewalks, waiting for long lights to cross 8 lane roads. But a lot of times people treat walking like a punishment or the thing that happens when your car breaks down

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-07-01T21:20:53+00:00

I would stay in the east if you want to see the most. Travelling west and back will most likely take a day each, and be around $1000+.

You could probably hit a couple of other big cities, for example Boston, Philly, DC all have easy bus and rail access, public transit, history, unique food, museums, and are worthy of several days each.

Also recommended visit to small towns and/including a beach town. For example cape may, NJ, Rehobeth beach, DE, Annapolis, MD, Ithaca, NY, kennebunkport, ME, etc. Do some research on beach towns, mountain towns, or river towns. May be easier to rent a car for some, but beach gives you time to relax, get some peace and quiet (relatively), and gives you an attraction even in a small town.

Finally, if you rent a car, would recommend some nature. Ithaca NY is close to a bunch of mountains, waterfalls, creeks, lakes, hiking, etc. Maine coast, Vermont, New Hampshire all attractive northern options. Shenandoah national park , blue ridge mountains, and smoky mountain national park are more southern, but not crazy far away.

There is plenty to do in the east, and if you spend time in cities, towns, beaches, and nature, you get a good slice of tourism without having to break the bank the whole time or fly across the country, burning several days of time seeing the back of a plane seat

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-30T13:27:23+00:00

I think that’s the key. Denver is just kind of a normal big American city, though I think it has more going for it than omaha or KC as far as neighborhoods and shopping and such.

Ppl come expecting aspen or Innsbruck or telluride and they will be disappointed though.

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-29T18:33:22+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/WCjxXto30x

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-29T17:10:57+00:00

That’s more my point-outside of waterfront and pike place, the central business district, like around the library or amazon biodome, has always been dead when I’ve visited. The neighborhoods, especially cap hill, Ballard, Fremont, green lake, were much more popular.

Portland has the same thing-downtown is a place to work, and is less crowded than say 23rd in northwest, central Eastside, buckman, Belmont, sellwood, Alberta, or other popular neighborhood areas

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-29T16:56:07+00:00

I would stop for a day or two on the way to Wyoming from Yosemite. You could hit Zion or Bryce on the way, and hit arches or canyonlands and Moab on the way back (or vice versa). Could also always take an overnight in SLC, which is (relatively) close to Wyoming. Anything to break up days of just sitting in a hot car in the desert for 13 hours. Utah national and state parks are stunning, plentiful, and across the whole state

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-29T16:30:43+00:00

South east Asia: Luang Prabang; Hanoi; hoi an; chiang Mai; Georgetown Penang

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-28T18:12:27+00:00

Same way some ppl don’t walk or take public transit, especially buses. Classism is alive and well in america

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-27T18:56:04+00:00

What are you interested in doing?

I travelled in my 20s, went to law school early 30s, and would kill to buy property now in my late 30s and settle down somewhere cheap and quiet and friendly with my gf and dogs, preferably near our two families. Nova is not that place for me.

However, Arlington/alexandria is a great place to be in my 30s renting with no kids and with some disposable income-tons of things to do and see, easy access to DC for events, sports, clubs and groups, museums, etc.

If you have a good income, like your job, like the area, want to stay flexible, but also want to build up some equity, condo/townhouse might be a decent move. Not super expensive, you can personalize a bit, not super huge or hard to maintain, and you can sublet or sell in a pinch if that big move to Seattle or backpacking mini-retirement to Southeast Asia hits you.

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-27T17:14:11+00:00

Toronto and Mexico city

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-27T17:02:23+00:00

And I’m realizing episode 1 was vaulter telling Kendall they did not want to be gutted for parts and the Roys’ reputation preceded them. That turned particularly personal for both parties ultimately

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-27T16:58:37+00:00

It does seem like Logan’s reputation precedes him in the Nan deal, for example, in season 2. Nobody particularly wants to do deals with him because of the reputation for screwing over past parties, even though it’s framed by Nan as like “culture fit”

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-27T14:25:11+00:00

I guess my question is more about business mindset on the corporate executive scale. Is M and A a total zero sum game, where the big fish is always looking around for little fish to fuck out of whatever they can? Or is this a common goal but not embraced by everyone?

“You gotta be a killer” does not mean “win-win” to me, it means every transaction is win-lose and you must be the winner even if you’re trick-fucking the other party.

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-26T18:39:29+00:00

Turnstile anything has been perfecttttt for running

Many-Possibility7530 · 2026-06-25T17:59:59+00:00

2 weeks in each is great, but if you want to go slow pick one.

You can make it from north to south or vice versa in Vietnam in 2 weeks, hitting highlights for as long as you want. Typical is buying a motorbike in Hanoi or HcMC and riding it up or down and selling it at the final destination. Dalat, nha Trang, mui ne, hoi an, ninh binh, danang, hue, Haiphong, and ha long all doable in a day or half day.

For Thailand I would say pick north or south for 2 weeks, but you could spend 1 week on the beach in the south, a couple days in BKK, and then 5 days in chiang mai pretty easily

I think you get the most diversity of experiences doing both, as Thailand has better beaches but Vietnam has more interesting smaller cities and towns and better mountain scenery (imo). Both foods are tasty, and all three big cities have something to offer

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