This is a place where we can enjoy rivers and streams, but, by and large, are not living in thatch and mud huts near them. It's a summary of the true difference between this country and so many others. The common life is pleasant and rewarding, by and large - there aren't large segments of the population being shelled and chased from their homes by other large segments of the population. We work, go home, and enjoy the things around us. I think, being a common person myself, that that is what America and Americans should be about in order to achieve the bigger better goals of the world in the right way.
Many people work hard all their life and never get to enjoy it.
It's what my family has been doing for the last century in California. I mean, all these things are part of what is nice about America if you have only lived in America. When he says common life, I think he is being too idealistic, because if you are an immigrant, these things are not common life for you. They are adjustments and sometimes very hard ones. Not everyone here is equally welcoming and not everyone has ancestors here.