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cemaphonic

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9. Well, my (distant) relations think that DC-Miami is a reasonable day's drive.

Reply to eqfan592 (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 05:22 PM

Nov 2013

But I would guess that since the Americans that your typical Swiss run into range from very affluent to incredibly rich, they probably have a pretty distorted picture economic life in the US.

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