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RE: What it's like to live in rural Spain

in #travel8 years ago

I enjoyed this, thanks for posting!

I couldn't help but remember some passages of the book Outliers, especially when you were mentioning how there's no time to talk, no time to have sex, the need for community... In the book there was a small town near New Jersey where there wasn't a single case of cancer nor heart decease, so they sent in some dietitians to analyse the eating habits of the community...

When they arrived they found that almost two third of the population were overweight, very few of them exercise routinely, most of them stayed late at night but it was a very tight-nit community. And since most if them were from Italian descent and as you'd expect there was a lot of Pizza and Pasta involved as well as many other 'unhealthy' components of the Mediterranean diet, olive oil, wine..etc.

So at first they couldn't figure out why there were no serious deceases in the city, so the dietitians were sent back, and a group of psychologists and sociologists were sent in. They found out that and much to their surprise that stress was surprisingly uncommon.

People having dinners with their friends and neighbors almost every night of the week, people helping each other at every turn, and most of the people didn't worry much, and surprisingly enough for them, that state of mind was directly correlated to their well-being.

True story by the way, I'm probably butchering it since I read the book several years ago when it just came out :(

So yeah, you are right, invest in your well-being!

Por cierto, en que parte de Andalucía vives? Jaén?

Lo digo por la foto.

Bueno, espero que lo estes pasando bien por ahí!

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Vivo en la provincia de Jaen, en Alcala La Real.

Yeah! I remember reading that story too! There's a lot of trade that gets done on the village barter system still. The English have mixed with the Spanish well and between them they're fixing roofs, giving each other lifts and eating together. If you feel supported in your community you can't really ask for anything more.

That sounds great! Yeah, you're right, "If you feel supported in your community you can't really ask for anything more."

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