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For Europeans who have lived in America for extended time and then moved back to Europe, how was the change? What did you miss the most? Was it easy to adjust?
I’m moving back to Sweden after almost 13 years living in America.
I'd be interested in hearing similar questions about your (and others') move TO America. Was it easy to adjust? What did you miss the most about home? What did you like best?
I'd be interested in hearing similar questions about your (and others') move TO America. Was it easy to adjust? What did you miss the most about home? What did you like best?
OP, are you glad to be leaving?
This is not the topic of this thread. If you want to know - start a new thread.
For Europeans who have lived in America for extended time and then moved back to Europe, how was the change? What did you miss the most? Was it easy to adjust?
I’m moving back to Sweden after almost 13 years living in America.
Not an easy answer, and very personal. It's all about your lifestyle. What you enjoyed that you couldn't in Sweden. How often you traveled back home. How strong are your ties with your country, how many friends and relatives still live there, what are you leaving in the US, how often you think you can travel back, what you already know you will be missing and how important is that in your life etc... etc...
Your adjustment will depend on all of the above.
I am back home after living decades overseas and other countries, but I visited Europe and/or my homeland every single year, sometimes twice, so I didn't have any adjustment problems, or miss anything terribly. I still live few months of a year in the US, but I am very happy to be back home, in fact, its somewhat shocking, but I don't miss anything, really...
Home is more than just a location, that's for sure. Where you feel most at home is where you should make your home - that's my advice. Simple concept - sometimes difficult to do in real life.
The thing is - both Europe and the US offer so many options for so many different scenarios. But for me, the bottom line is - where are your loved ones, and how much time do you want to spend with them? Once you figure that out, other things tend to fall into place.
I'm sure most people miss something about a place they chose to call home for years.
OP, good luck! I'm sure you'll be happy, even if you miss some things! It's not like you can't come back to visit!
For Europeans who have lived in America for extended time and then moved back to Europe, how was the change? What did you miss the most? Was it easy to adjust?
I’m moving back to Sweden after almost 13 years living in America.
During my childhood, we moved back and forth between Norway, and New York, Massachusetts, and California seven times by the time I was age 14. Now as an adult, I still travel frequently between the two countries. To this day, I always miss the food on the opposite side of the Atlantic. I appreciate the more relaxed pace of life in Scandinavia, but I love the diversity of people and languages of California. Oh to be in two places—a part of both and a part of neither at once. This has become my life. (I think it was Frida Kahlo who also expressed that sentiment.)
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