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Imaginate! Pobre Pero Feliz.

Imagine that there is an Internet forum about Canada. The main language of the forum is Spanish and most of the posters are non-Canadians who are interested in travelling to Canada or living there. There may be such a forum but I don't care in the slightest if there is. Why would I have any interest in such a forum? I was born and grew up in Canada, lived there for 22 years, travelled all over the country. Do I have any interest in reading travelblogs in Spanish about the country or getting into Internet pissing contests about Canada? Hell, no. I think this is why for the most part, Colombians like my wife have absolutely no interest in PBH. No more than I have any interest in a Canadian version of PBH. What interests us is not the familiar but the exotic, the unusual, the offbeat. PBH is always going to be mainly populated by people like myself (relationship-oriented) or atypical travellers or ex-pats who enjoy the experience of living in a different culture.

By utopiacowboy on Oct 17, 2005, 20:36 in Friendly Talkzone.

Rubiazo says on Oct 17, 2005, 23:38:

Quebec is and probably always will be the easiest province for welfare!
Food banks brings back a few memories jejejjejeej
So does thinking about Newfie girls :pppppppppp
An oz of hydro in Winnipeg goes for $60 CDN, no more. Probably twice that in the big cities.
If you find yourself in Toronto, look up Colombiche, she is DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!!!

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adrimm (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 17, 2005, 23:49:

Actually UTC I think that Canadians might be more inclined to populate such a forum than Colombians would be here. I think that Canadians are more hung-up on analysing their nationality/culture (and what it means) than Colombians are (despite challenges faced by them).

If I lived in some Spanish-speaking country, I would possibly be posting at such a site.. (but it would be named something like "Frio Pero Feliz"). At least I'd post there until hearing the repeated generalisations like people living in igloos, or only eating KD, made me sick.

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