So far, Ive really done two kinds of traveling--the kind where I stay in a place for a week at the most, and the kind where I stay long enough to completely destroy my habitat with piles of unwashed laundry. The latter is the kind Im doing now, and honestly, its the kind I recommend the most, for many reasons. Some classics include the fact that slipping "Oh, I see your point, but when I was living in Istanbul, I discovered..." into any discussion will both win your case and also effectively eliminate any further contact with the people with whom you had been discussing. You also get the snob appeal of being able to say that youve lived in, "Oh, you know, the Bay Area, Davis, Santiago, Chile, the like..." And then, of course, are
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