ASIA IS MORE STRESSFUL THAN THE WEST! DO YOU AGREE? [+] serious ballot by EUROTOPIA ACTIVE Thu Sep 27, 07 - Fri Sep 26, 08 Okay, there is a stereotype in the West that Asians are more simple than Westerners and that Asia is a much more calm, relaxed, spiritual and serene place than that of the West. This is NOT true! Asian cities are so much more crowded than Western cities- there's a lot of pushiness and impatience from these crowds. Everywhere is just so noisy and busy. To add to this is all the road traffic- MUCH WORSE than anywhere in the West. LA, NY, Paris, Rome, etc do NOT compare to the stress of that in Asia. Even in the countryside there was traffic. And everyone is in such a rush- slamming their hands on their car horns and so forth. Consumerism? All over the place actually. And then there is the pollution. There is SO much, it's all overwhelming, there is no Western counterpart to compare it to. And Asians have probably the strongest work ethic I have ever seen- there is a strong societal expectation that one should be working so hard to such a large extent (much more so than the West). I found Asian countries therefore to be more busy, animated, noisy, polluted, and stressful than the West. I don't understand therefore why the rhetoric continues inside the Western world that Asia is serene, spiritual, calm, quiet, not overly concerned with work and is more 'down to earth' and naturalistic in comparison to the West which is supposedly stressful, materialistic, busy, loud, work-obsessed, and polluted. That rhetoric is not true in my opinion. Asia arguably is more hectic than the West. Do you agree? If so, why do you think the sterotypical dichotomy of a serene Asia and a stressful West continues? I agree, and I don't know why the false West/East stereotype continues I agree with you, but I can explain why the false West/East stereotype continues below in comment I disagree with you. Asian cities are completely peaceful- the West should learn from them I don't think those stereotypes are wide spread Ballot #118597 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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