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JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

avolkiteshvara, I am not trying to be a jack a## but I think you are very short sighted in regards to why ex-pats go abroad. I am guessing that many people go abroad for reasons other than being immersed in a foreign culture.

For example some people go to korea to pay of student loans quickly. With just a B.A. in hand and no experience, where else can you save $1000-1500 U.S. a month.

Some people want to find a foreign girlfriend or have heard that it is easier to pick up foreign women. Since most women don't go crazy over Asian men, this one is more for men than woman but I think quite a few women do like South America and the men there.

Some people don't want to join the rat race back home working 9-5 for two weeks of vacation a year.

Serious_Fun · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 1171 Location: terra incognita

...the sense of community, the tidbits of invaluable information, the flaming abuse, the corny puns... Cool

In the pre-internet days the ex-pat pub(s) and my shortwave radio (thank God for the English language broadcasts!) were my mental health breaks from the periodic spells of homesickness and/or culture fatigue.