But I Wouldn't Want To Live There Author:Michael Cader Wicked Wisdom from Seasoned Travelers! — "You can learn more about America by watching one half hour of "Let's Make a Deal" than you can from watching Walter Cronkite for a month." ---Monty Hall, Game Show Host — We travel to broaden our minds---to experience new cultures, to sample new cuisine, to see new sights. But... more » then we find that all these things are foreign!
This insightful collection of quotes features more than 600 observations and anecdotes from learned roamers such as H.L. Mencken, Joan Didion, Gertrude Stein, W.C. Fields, Bette Midler, David Letterman and even Benjamin Franklin---all whom have been there and have come back to grumble about it.
"But I Wouldn't Want To Live There!" collects sly snapshots of the cordial enmity between city and country dwellers, the East and West coasts, Europeans and their European neighbors, and Americans and the rest of the world.
Whether you're a career globetrotter or an armchair explorer, you'll find that this suitcaseful of travel wisdom gives new urgency to the words "Have a good trip!"« less