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Kirstin's avatar

YAY! So awesome to read about your experiences! And glad you found the dog. Wish I could sit with you all and chat for hours and meet Arí

Blessings friend!

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Benja's avatar

Thanks for sharing, as always, Alan! I think your observations about contrast are spot on. Sometimes we can learn about home (wherever that is) by leaving...

Interestingly enough, I have personally found the US to always be SO loud upon my return from traveling elsewhere. I don't know what it is. Maybe the US is actually loud or maybe when I travel there is a novelty to what I am hearing that creates interest and tolerance... I'm not sure. But i have had almost opposite experiences hahah

I definitely relate to the community/interaction point though. Infrastructure, design. culture.. those and more are probably all at play but I can find many aspects of American life to be isolating even when surrounded by people.

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