This problem has been an issue for many people like you for some time now. As a woman born and raised in a third world country, I see many Westerners coming in my country, the Philippines, to go back to the basics as they call it. They like going to farms, remote islands, and sketchy downtown streets. At first I perceived it as a mere nod to the National Geographic-esque vibe of all those things my country could offer until I actually became friends with one of these foreign people.

They told me that somehow, life in their country is easy or at least easier than in mine that they are touched by how us Filipinos have a lot of story to share out of how our lives are, I mean for those in the provinces for that matter. It then struck me that people love the idea of a glorious story--a rags to riches kind of experience. That is why many of these people even let go of their possessions many would die for just to experience a life interacting with those very same people who would kill for that.

I don't have anything against that, but it surely does spark a philosophical inquiry--do we love the idea of struggle?

According to the famous Nietzsche, there is something about humans and pain or misery--that we seek it as much as we are inclined to desiring pleasure. Perhaps, in my opinion, it is a yin yang situation--a balance. However, relating this to your matter, I can say that it's not really about balance but rather your attraction to something you have never really experienced at a great scale.

There are many poor people who have been suffering their entire lives while there are people like you who have had it easy all their lives, thus you both desire the opposite of what you currently have as a nod to what Nietzsche has proposed--we are indeed inclined to both pain and pleasure.

That is why you feel that way which I have sort of discussed in my most recent post though not exactly in this sense.