When my wife and I first visited the city in Mexico where we eventually chose to settle, we had a conversation along these lines:
Me: Do you know what I am thinking, my sweet darling dove?
Wife: No, my hard hunk of a man. What are you thinking?
Me: I think we could live here in Guanajuato and never have to drive!
Wife: You mean, do you really mean, that we could dump that car we are forced to drive by Mr. Urban Sprawl and stop destroying the environment?
Me: Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh yes indeed. And not only that but we would stop getting fat-induced illnesses that are the result of never walking anywhere in America.
Wife: You forgot to say that we would lose weight and keep it off as a result.
Me: And what about getting rid of stress which also kills Americans who have to drive everywhere?
Wife: That stress as well as the fact that we would never have to make another car payment, buy insurance, get the car inspected, etc
Me: Did you just say, etc?
Wife: Never mind.
We honestly had this conversation. Maybe not in those exact words but we did talk this over. This was one of the draws of living in...