The "rat race" is the "bane of human existence". I hide in my basement all day to avoid being blasted with polluted air and noise. I pray everyday for the end of this wasteful car-driving frenzy.

One thing about moving to the country...and I've seen it happen. You move, thinking you have this great "telecommuting job", then it ends, and you are forced into a daily commute of a couple of hours each way. Then you realize the benefit of clean centralized cities. America has destroyed the cities with cars, and I envy the scenes from European cities where people are actually walking around and enjoying things, instead of riding by with their car windows rolled up so they don't have to breathe their own exhaust.