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This is why I plan on leaving. I'm tired of the huge divide politicians are causing between everyone.
Ditto! My thoughts exactly!!! There is such thing as good culture shock. My wife is from Philippines. We will go for an occasional visit and I'm shocked at how unified the citizens are compared to the brutal division that we face in America. Over there, it's like one big inclusive party.
Not entirely sure I'd want to live in Philippines full time (for me the biggest hurdle is the food) but seeing a country in which it's citizens more or less get along is wonderful. Does make you wonder why we can't do the same in the States.
Yes! especially when they discover that those countries are advanced and developed - no worse than the US, and people in most other developed countries have a way better quality of life.
Where have YOU traveled to?
I was a bit taken aback when I went to Russia in 2000. After spending years in the US Navy during the height of the cold war and knowing Russia as "The Enemy" I was pleasantly surprised by the friendliness of the Russian peoples. I traveled to several areas including Moscow, St Petersburg and all the way out to Omsk in Siberia and found for the most part, Happy, friendly people. However I was totally surprised even shocked that many of them lived in what I considered at the time pretty humble surroundings. Big apartment blocks in the city's and pretty poor villages in the country (most did not have running water even!) Other than that, Yes Germany, Finland, Estonia, Holland, Australia and most of the Asian country's except Vietnam. In Africa only Somalia but i'd like to go to SA and Namibia
Ditto! My thoughts exactly!!! There is such thing as good culture shock. My wife is from Philippines. We will go for an occasional visit and I'm shocked at how unified the citizens are compared to the brutal division that we face in America. Over there, it's like one big inclusive party.
Not entirely sure I'd want to live in Philippines full time (for me the biggest hurdle is the food) but seeing a country in which it's citizens more or less get along is wonderful. Does make you wonder why we can't do the same in the States.
The food. There’s a reason you don’t see many Philippine restaurants competing around the world with other Asian cuisines.
Yes! especially when they discover that those countries are advanced and developed - no worse than the US, and people in most other developed countries have a way better quality of life.
Where have YOU traveled to?
If you think Japan or South Korea have a better quality of life than the US, you haven't been there. Fascinating places to visit, but every time it's time to head home, I thank my lucky stars that it's not where I live.
I lived 4 years in South Korea. There is some initial culture shock, but overall, it is pretty westernized.
There are lots of traditional aspects that may seem suffocating. But as foreigner, you are not really expected to deal with those.
They way Koreans especially younger ones, dress, talk, act. They are familiar with American music (rap/pop/etc), all American movies. A lot of American fast food chains from Krispy Krame, to McDonalds, Burger King.
Some odd things I found in Korea:
1. Romanticization of being in a relationship/being lonely is just plain sad. Lots of cute cafes/restaurants are mostly for couples, matching couple clothing, lots of love Kdramas.
2. really into cute/pretty things. versus in America where people think of that as Chessey. Americans are more into cool/edgy.
3. Sense of conformity. Kids wear glasses glasses to fit in with other students who 1/2 wear glasses. Adjosshis and adjummas wear full on hiking clothes to do some light hiking. Not that different than living in Stepford. People wearing pastels, pearl necklaces, drive an SUV. That kind of comformity.
Otherwise Korea is very modern. World class public transit system, world class airport. It is really crowded in cities with huge populations in little land with lots of mountains, so they crowd people in cities and use whatever available land for farming or nature. In America it is build build suburban tract homes.
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