Really, I would like to travel everywhere there is in the world. I would start with the United States. Travel to every little town, and every major city and stay long enought to get a feeling for what it is like to really live there. What are the problems? In Abilene the problems are that there is no drainage system so when it rains the streets flood and that there is no water but people still want to have green lawns. The city makes you water by zip code. 79601 on Monday, 76902 on Tuesday and so on. In Oxon Hill (the city I lived in right outside of Washington DC) the problem was that everyone was on drugs and they kept shooting each other (anytime you find bulletholes in the church sign it is a problem!).

Also what are the good things? In Bloomington Indiana the have IU basketball. It is wonderful. Seats for the game are fairly easy to come by and the whole town loves going to watch the team. Resturants are empty when the Hoosiers are playing. Small children can recognize Mike Davis' face. It makes you feel like a united community. In Charlottesville we have fall. It is breathtaking spreading over the mountains. People line up in late September on our famous skyline drive just to see the trees. It is what you are supposed to do on a weekend in the fall.

You can only know these kinds of things by living in a place. I want to know something about everywhere. All the places I have lived have been in the United States- and they have all been so different. Imagine how different Africa or China would be! What would I learn about a farm in Ireland or a tiny apartment in Russia?

If only I had unlimited income and a whole lot of time!!