Have you participated in open source projects involving americans? I think if you can handle american nerds online, you should do fine in real life. As far as

Have you participated in open source projects involving americans? I think if you can handle american nerds online, you should do fine in real life. As far as regular people. just do your research about what people are like, and what the city is like. What have you read so far? I think that might give a better indication on how folks could give you better advice.