Sometimes learning to enjoy (or endure) a new place is as simple as finding like-minded people to hang out with. Find some other ex-pats like yourself and meet

Sometimes learning to enjoy (or endure) a new place is as simple as finding like-minded people to hang out with. Find some other ex-pats like yourself and meetup every now and then. Just being around people that think like you and have similar experiences will soften the culture shock. I went through similar thoughts and feelings when I moved to Houston from semi-rural Appalachia. (Except I've had no desire to ever move back, just further away.) Most of the early friends I made here weren't from Houston, or even from the United States. That wasn't by accident.