Both can be incredibly uncomfortable and that’s why I prefer to be around people who have lived in more than one cultures and belong to all or none of them,
I find that these people don't generally fit into their nationality of origin stereotypes, but have similarities with each other. More interesting types, with more open personalities and valuable perspectives. And, perhaps because their local social network has been built from scratch, they tend to be willing to share more of themselves too.
I have a feeling that there is a genetic component to the type of person who chooses to move to different cultures and countries. And perhaps, this is also why they can struggle under certain conditions and end up more locked away from society, as people normalize, or fall into trends like digital lifestyles, leaving them disillusioned with the world.
Agree with this as I always felt much more comfortable living in OKinawa while there. It was much more relaxing socially and just friendlier it seemed. The family and I always say we would love to go back and lvie there if my health allowed.
Social too. For example people from good family backgrounds tend to stay near home. Maybe a year or 2 max abroad.
People from terrible homes never get the qualifications or other capacity to up and leave, so they also stay near home.
People from pretty bad homes, like myself, can still get sufficient success in spite of it all, enough to get outta there and make something of themselves
I don’t know whether there is a genetic component but I know that I have way way more in common with my friends from Asia Africa Australia or South America than I have with a random American and it does have something to do with building a social network from scratch, even thinking that that could be possible.
I see a lot in common between all of society’s outliers too, the ones we praise and the ones we see as having a problem. Elon Musk could not be a regular employee at a company. If he wasn’t doing what he’s doing he’d be in a band or on the street or he would have jumped from a cliff. Is it genetic? Maybe, but I can find a lot of experiential things that made me an outlier. I love exploring this topic, concerning myself or other people.