yes that is exactly what I'm saying. it's not a binary either or problem. and specifically I also wrote: > contrast between rich/poor between the foreigner/hos

yes that is exactly what I'm saying. it's not a binary either or problem. and specifically I also wrote: > contrast between rich/poor between the foreigner/host the less of "integration" you see. integration is something that is expected of you when you're poor - nobody ever asked me (a white man with a foreign wife) to integrate - in fact being able to live in my own bubble in a large house just outside Cannes, with "cars" being my hobby, the kids in private international school, a gardener, pool-boy (a poor North African immigrant[1]) and 2 maids --> even the locals will give you respect and applaud you for "making it, all without learning the local language" (I did learn French later but it wasn't required of me in the same way it would have been if I were poor). the "fail to integrate" argument is always hypocritical. it is a way of saying "how dare them for refusing to be dominated by us" [1] integration was a big problem for him because he was Muslim even he spoke French (natively).