Anyone here who immigrated, plans on immigrating, or even is just kind of interested in immigrating to a new country?
I’m particularly interested in North American experiences but really don’t want to talk politics, just experiences, challenges, things you didn’t expect, etc.
I want to stay in my own country
I moved from japan to here. Its tough getting used to the culture at first but being here is a lot better that it was being in japan. What specifically do you want to know op?
>but being here is a lot better that it was being in japan.
why? are you self-hating and westernized?
I actually might be moving to Japan for my job lol. I’m just interested in people’s experiences generally to be honest. Things like challenges, things that surprised them, etc.
Absloutely not. I enjoy a better standard of living here in the United States than I would in Japan, I get treated better and overall enjoy it here.
I was browsing StackOverflow jobs and found a cool one here.
Went through interviews, all was well, flied here, found a flat, did the papers, bought furniture and that's it.
There are some similarities between the Dutch and Romanian culture(people are loud, have an opinion about everything and can be quite direct), but the Dutch are araid showing their true emotions and are FAR more polite. Their American-tier fake smiles are ridiculous sometimes but I got used to them.
It's really things such as how people behave and react to set situations which is really what's different between here in burgerland and japan. Americans are way more direct and free to say things that they feel unlike in japan which drives me up a wall. But other than really stuff like that it's getting used to a lot of things and really interesting minute things that you go "huh I never thought this things was different".
Do you mean that Americans being direct here drives you up a wall or that Japanese not being direct in Japan drives you up a wall?
> interesting minute things that you go "huh I never thought this things was different"
Do you have any examples?
i'm considering moving to japan, norway or korea after i get my major degree, but the more i read about it, the more it seems like a bad idea
I guess you’re pretty happy with the move?
Also, are our smiles really that fake? I don’t think I’ve ever faked a smile in my life.
>my major degree
What degree?
>the more i read about it, the more it seems like a bad idea
Why is that?
Oh I hate that passive aggressive shit Japanese people do. It's really annoying to save face for me.
So examples would be like paying for stuff, in the us cashier's take it straight from your hand, Americans not using exfoliating towels or whatever the fuck that shit they have called mayonnaise is.
If all else fails and the USA falls into the ocean or something, I plan on moving to South Africa. Why? I dunno, I just have a gut feeling that I will live in SA at some point in my life.
if you hate fake behaviours, you should appreciate travelling to france then, people never fake smile to you, they just throw what they think RIGHT IN YOUR FACE, like a facial ejaculation of reality
I plan to move to Iran. My wish is to the city of Yazd but I guess Tehran also works. I called the embassy and they said that the country is closed and there's no going in or out except for emergency stuff. So I have to hold off my plans until the IRI government decided to reopen the country.
Pretty happy, life is nice here.
I think it's an Eastern European thing. Our default expression is somewhere between neutral and kind of sad.
I can't find an excuse for some situations though, like this time when I had a really high fever and the doctor announced "Good news! We found what it is! You have a leg infection!" with a giant ass grin. Creepy.
I enjoy frenchmen they're absloute lads I've enjoyed every interaction I've had with one.
It wasn't my own choice but I lived in Germany for a large portion of my childhood and young adult life until moving back to Finland. (and France before that, but I was very young) It wasn't horrible, but I would say life is comfier here.
Hm. I don’t like passive aggressive either but we do annoying stuff here too. Like, I hate the expectation to acknowledge everyone on the street and such since I’m such a quiet loner. I guess it’s little things you notice once you move like you mentioned.
Lol. Maybe that’s some Western Euro dark humor for doctors or something.
I wish I lived in a touristic area, so I could speak with foreign people from all around the world and tell them what is wrong about their countries
>What degree?
computer science, most likely going for a specialization in AI but i've still got some time to choose that
>Why is that?
moving to japan was my teenager dream because i'm an /o/tist but to get a good job and live there normally, you NEED to know japanese on professional level. even if you use the language perfectly, from what i've read you'll simply always be treated as a foreigner, like a monkey in a zoo, the work etiquette is also horrible there
thought about norway just because the views are incredible and money you make there is mind-blowing compared to poland, but my uncle that lives there, said that's it really not as good as i imagine it to be, people are generally rather cold and way more closed-off than in poland and you always feel kinda lonely there
korea is just kinda like a mix between what i've said about japan and norway, but with the addition that it's really hard for a foreigner to get a job there, because employers heavily prefer natives
there's way more to it but i didn't want to make the post too long, also most of it is just what i've found on forums so it might not all be true
>Like, I hate the expectation to acknowledge everyone on the street and such since I’m such a quiet loner.
Japanese do this as well. I laugh because my friend in Osaka talked to me about how someone got shivved because they didn't say good morning to someone. But yeah people in japan are neighborly like that since they have that sense of community like here in the us (or at least where I live).
>tell them what is wrong about their countries
This is why I haven’t had positive experiences with French...
What state did you move to? Was it easy to immigrate? Genuinely curious as an American how the integration process is and your thoughts on it. Also,welcome to the USA!
I live in the middle of the Everglades in Florida, I was born with dual citizenship so it's not much of an issue of me getting here. Plus I've been here for a while anyways. But integration at least where I've been is easy. People here treat me really nice.
>you NEED to know japanese on professional level. even if you use the language perfectly, from what i've read you'll simply always be treated as a foreigner, like a monkey in a zoo, the work etiquette is also horrible there
I actually work for a Japanese company and my work deals with Japan but the actual department is very Westerner friendly so i haven’t seen that with coworkers but I guess I’m lucky in that regard. I don’t know Japanese either but I’m learning. Thank you for sharing all that though. CS is a good degree if you end up going somewhere.
Well, I don’t want to get shivved so thanks for the info lol. Just curious, roughly speaking where do you live now?
I was jocking...
Sorry for the bad experiences you had, lad.
Still I have to tell you your country should eat real cheese instead of plastic
>Live in middle of Everglades.
>Doubt
Unless you live in Everglades City or Chokoloskee but that is extreme redneck territory.
t. SWFL resident.
I live in Copeland. Which is north of everglades City. Also depending on where you live I probably work on your electrical system.
We eat real cheese too but sometimes a Kraft single on a burger just hits right.
It's just funny since I think of those areas as about as far away from what I experienced in Japan as one can get.
I dunno people are generally nice out here. Also my man loads of people live in the middle of nowhere in the Everglades. Like they have their own "offramp" on I-75 which isn't labeled and then you drive up the canal to to the reservation and people actually live in that shit. It's wild.
I want to buy a small ranch down there. Anyway, good luck in life.
I want to emigrate to south Africa