Posted by alexandra_k on August 16, 2013, at 19:29:39
In reply to Re: To all legal residents, non US citizens of the US » alexandra_k, posted by Partlycloudy on August 14, 2013, at 7:01:20
> But every job I held since moving here inevitably led to several people telling me unsavory jokes that I would have to ask them not to tell me. It branded me as an outsider, a liberal, a foreigner, and not a person to be trusted.yeah. i guess... i often find some kind of in-group dynamic like that that manages to alienate me. outside academia, anyway. usually it is about gossip...
australians can be pretty racist too, to be fair. don't get the rural people started about 'people in boats'. and of course there is that element in new zealand, too. everywhere... there are always minority groups that majority people need to pick on in order to feel better about themselves. sigh.
> the summers here are brutal. High humidity and high temperatures combined with the annual hurricane season make me physically uncomfortable until late October, realistically.
ah. yes, i guess it would be. i found chapel hill uncomfortably humid in the summertime. i wasn't sure how different florida would be for being costal. i was sorry (sort of) not to have gone for spring break. it is 'the thing to do' i was told. but... i'm over the whole under-grad thing, truth be told. have an aversion to showing skin ahaha.
> Why am I here? My spouse has family here, which is why we moved here in the first place. But we've been estranged from them for going on a year and a half. I am pretty fed up by now.i see.
> The dolphins, though. I get to see dolphins every day if I can make it out the front door to the condominium's dock. That is like a big gift, right there.
yeah, that is pretty cool :-)
i knew a guy... who retired (from wales) to portugal. brought a freaking goat farm. he is loving the weather. apparently most people in Europe speak English so you are never stuck. they appreciate your making an effort (especially the French). I had a friend who went to Italy and was upset that she hardly ever got to practice her Italian because people were too excited about getting to practice their English with a native speaker.
Sounds to me like you need something to be passionate about...
I dont' know.
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