I completely agreed with your editorial about going to live in a different country and its isolation and challenges. Later I looked at it differently. I think where you went wrong was doing it alone. I grew up north of Boston. Over 100 years ago thousands of Italians and Irish moved there. North Boston is still know as the Italian section and "Southie" is Irish. Out here in the Bay Area, many Afghanis moved to Fremont. After the US pulled out a lot more came to Fremont. And that's the key to a successful move. You don't do it alone. You find an area within a country with a bunch of ex-pats and, as a community, they help you assimilate into "the new world". I really think it didn't work out for you because you did it alone.
I completely agreed with your editorial about going to live in a different country and its isolation and challenges. Later I looked at it differently. I think where you went wrong was doing it alone. I grew up north of Boston. Over 100 years ago thousands of Italians and Irish moved there. North Boston is still know as the Italian section and "Southie" is Irish. Out here in the Bay Area, many Afghanis moved to Fremont. After the US pulled out a lot more came to Fremont. And that's the key to a successful move. You don't do it alone. You find an area within a country with a bunch of ex-pats and, as a community, they help you assimilate into "the new world". I really think it didn't work out for you because you did it alone.
Don M.
Bay Area CA
Great read. Thanks for giving us an insight into all these different aspects and considerations of migrating!