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No, it really isn't that different. I think you can see differences in standard of living, not way of life or day to day life.

Wake up, go to work, go for a drink with colleagues or friends and go back home (and everything in between) is the day to day routine of the vast majority of people, no matter which country they are in and which standard of living they have.

It's not because some do it in a megalopolis with skyscrapers and some in a wooden shack in the middle of the mountains that the way of life is different.



Your view on "the way of life" is so superficial.

Yes, we all breathe, eat and die. Day to day things are different. Interactions are different. Food is different. The time you spend between work and sleep is different.

Saying that "the way of life" is the same between South of India and the US is completely laughable.


Of course it will seem the same if you gloss over all the details that make life different! Those activities are shaped by the culture of those countries and are not the same.

“Going to a bar” in the US and Korea are completely different experiences because the culture is different. Same deal as “going to a cafe”.

And of course it’s a different experience doing those in a megalopolis versus a tiny village.


the differences are in the details. the culture. how people interact with each other. what they do in their free time. the difference in the standard of living itself reveals a lot in what people feel is important to them. there is a lot we can learn, both from the similarities and from the differences.




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