What to do when you grow up in a place where you feel out of tune, where you don’t see a clear future for yourself? A place that doesn’t quite match your desires, or doesn’t seem to do sufficient justice to the possibilities of the human spirit? A place that isn’t friendly to your eyes and lungs, with its „dirty hoods“ and „dusty roads“, as in Springsteen’s „Thunder Road“? You might simply leave, unless… Unless there’s something that keeps you there: family, friends, work, a house, a sense of belonging. In that case, musing about an escape can be an effective coping strategy to deal with your situation. Someday, you say to yourself, you will hit that two-lane road to a far-away promised land – and if not in reality, that road and land will surely exist in your dreams.