Comments on: VOTE: What Are Your Favorite Things at Home?

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:20:16 +0000

Home is paid for and has been for almost twenty years.

By: hc

hc — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:43:46 +0000

I always having more control over the balance of invisible/ attention getting. At home, it’s like there’s a dial in my hands that I can turn up or down.

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By: Alaina

Alaina — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:33:46 +0000

I was going to say my bed, but then I saw primetime television… When home, I only watch a few series and didn’t realize how much I enjoy the occassional hour in front of the TV until I landed in Austria. I don’t have a good enough Internet connection to watch TV online, so all I have is TV shows in German, which isn’t quite the same. … And they don’t show all of my favorite shows, current episodes of Lost for example. Also, my apartment is really comfortable, so I don’t miss any/many of the home-y amenities.

But! the one thing I miss the absolute most is Mexican food =)

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By: Maggie

Maggie — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:58:34 +0000

I totally agree with Joya–for me it is TOTALLY Target. I’ve made due with HomePlus and E-mart, and those cool stores by the side of the road that have EVERYTHING, but when I just want masking tape, I just want to go to Target.

And also book stores. That’s a big one too.

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By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:54:18 +0000

Ooh, I like Maya’s suggestions. I would add: English humour, daffodils, curry, green fields, book shops full of books I can understand easily without having to concentrate too hard, mum’s roast chicken Sunday dinners, Top Shop, scruffy metrosexual looking men, arthouse cinemas, Italian white wine and having the ability to go and see really good bands every night of the week should I choose.

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By: maya

maya — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:38:43 +0000

this might sound cheesy, but what i miss above all else are the smells of home: laundry at my parents’ house, the smell of the ocean drifting through town, the smell of my wetsuit and my dog…

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:23:06 +0000

I never thought I would miss fast food and multi-plex movie theaters. But I do.

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By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:34:23 +0000

I second Neha on the food – I’ve definitely been one of those expats in Asia going on about cheese…

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By: Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:24:38 +0000

In Asia, I miss cheese. In the States, I miss effective and affordable public transport.

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By: Susanna

Susanna — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:54:57 +0000

Everything in its place wins out for me, but food is a close second. When I went to college in New York City, I could almost froth at the mouth yearning for jalapeno peppers and a good green chile stew. Now that I live again in Denver, I seldom eat green chile, because I could at any time … but every time we go to New York, we rush to get my favorite Vietnamese dish that I’ve yet to find in Colorado. And the cheese craving, I can only imagine …

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