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[sunnyvale]

I've learned my country has exceptional grocery stores, with an exceptional selection for fruit and vegetables.

I've learned that decent beer is something that shouldn't be taken for granted.

[R-Seoul]

That white women are sexually unattractive. The strange thing is I never had yellow fever back in the UK, I even had a Taiwanese girlfriend for a while and at first I was a put off by her naked boyish body but in Korea I never looked a white girl twice. Which was a good thing as they were either alcoholics or fat pigs; come to think of it most of them were both.
*Cue fat white chick drunkenly whining about the loser white guys in Korea.

[Hanson]

Can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet:

I've learned what it's like to be among a minority and having certain prejudices and stereotypes placed upon me by the majority. I'm much more sympathetic to minorities' plight in my home country now.

I've also realized that my home country is where I want to eventually settle down.

[Stormy]

I miss seeing lots of wildlife. I'm sick of just seeing cats, dogs, flies & house centipedes. I miss you Aussie fauna!

[Underwaterbob]

I've learned how much I value solitude.

[Crockpot2001]

I appreciate that in my country:

Rolling stops are largly limited to stopsigns

That if I am to be killed by a car while I ride my bike, it's purely out of hate for me wearing spandex or not consuming fuel. In ROK it's largely because the driver is watching TV...or cannot see around her visor. God i hate those things!

The dirt trails in my country are largely unused leaving them free for me to skid and pop wheelies.

requesting cilantro on my Vietnamese food is not met with a cringe...hell, I don't have to ask for it.

Women don't need F-me heels... they just simply ask for it.

[Suwon23]

things I've learned about Atlanta:

The sewer is everywhere, apparently; you just can't smell it.

The snappy, cliche comebacks that seem to be part of the meta-narrative seem even more absurd now that I've heard the same crap from Koreans.

I understand why it takes so long for immigrants to assimilate, and why they try to sit on both sides of the cultural fence.

Apparently, we really ARE a gay mecca. I haven't seen a single rainbow-colored flag in Suwon (or Seoul, but I don't live there so it's not fair).

The Olive Garden is not the worst thing to happen to Italian food. In fact, except for Americans' habit of adding extra meat to traditional dishes, our butchering of international cuisine is fairly minimal.

However, I've also realized that straight men in my city are irrationally afraid of intimacy (in the emotional, non-sexual sense) with other men.

I've learned that the parameters for pricing apartments in Atlanta (i.e. older is better, less efficient is better) are ridiculous.

Yes, it is physically possible to go out and get drunk on a weeknight. Don't be afraid!

Atlantans seem cold and rigid to me now, like Germans. It's a clean, polite place, but it doesn't have the messy, vibrant, "lived-in" feel of Korea.

[Vancouver]

[caniff]

[blaseblasphemener]

[Dome Vans]

[Join Me]

I learned diversity is the best thing America has going for it (sounds cliche but I now believe it). God I miss living in Los Angeles and the different ethnic groups that somehow managed to live together every day (not always without problems I am well aware). Afghan, Albanian, Arab, Australian, Belgian, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Maltese, Polish, Mexican, etc�etc�.

No, I don't miss the high cost of living...but I do miss the people. I will gladly return to the problems that come with living in a multicultural (sorry for being so PC) society once my desire for gaining experiences abroad passes.

[R-Seoul]

[mindmetoo]

[Kuros]

Oh, I forgot Flouride. The US's national health care system is a mess, but flouride rocks! It really makes a difference.