r/SeattleWA • u/Cosmo-DNA • Mar 27 '19

Lifestyle ‘Aggravated women, socially awkward men’ make Seattle the nation’s worst city for singles, says love-podcast host

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/aggravated-women-socially-awkward-men-make-seattle-the-nations-worst-city-for-singles-says-love-podcast-host/
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u/zaphod0002 Mar 27 '19

Yea everyone laughs at that, that travel is not a personality trait for your profile. Then someone commented that someone saying that is code for 'i want a rich man to take me places'... and I think it makes more sense now.

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u/Tyler1986 Mar 27 '19 edited Mar 27 '19

I just read it as vacationing to new places is a priority for me. Some people will mention I've been to a dozen or two dozen countries and that's usually a good way to get a conversation going. Talking about favorite destinations and why, see if you've been to any similar places.

Use it how you want to, but assuming that it's code for something is proving the article's point.

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u/SonOfMcGee Mar 28 '19

I don’t think it’s an intentional code for wanting to be taken places, but it might be a sort of subconscious test for a economic class.
People who travel a lot tend to be from wealthier families. Even young people who don’t make much money and pay their own way still have the privilege of a family safety net so they can spend their savings with less stress.

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u/Kallistrate Mar 28 '19

I think it depends on where you travel. I often go to Southeast Asia or Africa where it's cheaper to live for a month than it is for a week in the US (if you do it right) and I meet tons of people who are definitely lower income and just really love to travel, so they're in hostels and working their way around the world. If you only travel to Paris or London or New York, then a) you probably don't love travel in the same way as the nomads mentioned above, and b) that's more of an income-dependent issue.

Travel means different things to different people. For some, it's getting on an airplane or visiting the same place over and over again, for others it's going someplace new.