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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In several cases, yes. But I have friends living in effective American isolation in England, too.[/quote]

I have seen this too.  I went to grad school in Englan.  It's quite common when, in a foreign environment, to gravitate towards what you know, to people who do things the same way you do, to people who understand your cultural references and ways of doing things, etc.  I found that the English-speaking country kids stuck together (the British, the Irish, the Canadians, the Americans, the Australians). . . then the French stuck together (sometimes hanging out with the Francophile Canadians who could also speak French). . . .the Germans hung out together. . .the Pakistani/Indian/Malaysians stuck together (they all wore flip flops in the dorms all the time and hung out and watched cricket in the common room). . . . the Hong Kong kids stuck together and made Chinese food in the communal kitchen. . .the Middle Easterners hung out together. . . the Muslims hung out together and did prayers 5 x a day. . . . I want to say all of the different nationalities all gravitated towards those who looked like them, did things the way they did, spoke the way they did, dressed the way they did, ate the way they did, etc.  This is very, very common.[/quote]

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