アメリカ田舎暮らし。

NPRのコラム。

田舎暮らしの大変さ、特に機会の少なさやヘルスケア等で詰んでしまうケース等、想像できる話なんだけれど、聴いていて「おっ」っと思ったのがここ。

Davis says that is what he observes in rural Kentucky. "People may be living a more hardscrabble existence than folks in the suburbs or a lot of the folks in cities, but it doesn't mean they're not living a decent life," he says. "Most people are pretty happy with it; they've got friends and neighbors they rely on and they're where they want to be." 

それでも暮らしている人々は幸福に思っている、というところ。 幸福ってつまるところ、絶対的な環境やお金じゃないんだよな。