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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The people are rude, the service is bad, the food is bad, you pay more for everything. I am a friendly and polite, respectful person (not a "loud, annoying American). And all anyone ever cares about is how much money they can get out of me. It's exhausting. And the road are not maintained. I had an accident when tripping in a cracked sidewalk. I was visibly hurt and no one would even move over a little bit so I could walk past on the sidewalk (beside them). I had to walk in the road while they walked on the sidewalk. That is a frequently occurrence - people not moving over so you can both have room on the sidewalk.[/quote] How long have you been there? This sounds like culture shock, and it's exhausting. I did this the other way around, almost 20 years ago, and it surprised me how much it affected me. You wouldn't think it would; I had assumed that there would be minimal cultural differences between two English speaking countries which share a good deal of common references. But it kind of sneaks up on you, and suddenly everything. is. hard.[/quote] I was there 6 months last year and now I've been back 4 months. I don't feel like it's culture shock at this point. I get that the British "love to have a moan" about things. But it's honestly so negative most of the time and it is wearing on me. Are you saying you're British and moved to the US? My SO is British and we've been together 5 years. I get along well with his family, etc but he's often gone at work and I have to try to integrate myself on my own and some days it is really hard. [/quote]
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