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It's easy to ignore politics and live as a tourist if you re an expat. Being a native, with native family / friends always drags you back into local / national
by buboard 7y ago
It's easy to ignore politics and live as a tourist if you re an expat. Being a native, with native family / friends always drags you back into local / national politics - in general it's harder to disentangle yourself.
- enether 7y agoAs a Bulgarian who lives in the UK, I can 100% attest to this. I've found it extremely hard to disengage from the culture I've been so used to for the first 21 years of my life while being surrounded by it. Whenever I go back I only see the negatives - it's as if the country is ruined for me.