I'm a 'midlife' guy and I've lived in both Europe (Italy) and the US and... yeah. I had a better social life in Italy. We have friends here in the US too, but p

I'm a 'midlife' guy and I've lived in both Europe (Italy) and the US and... yeah. I had a better social life in Italy. We have friends here in the US too, but people by and large are a bit more superficial. Maybe they'll give you a big "Oh HIIIII, how AAAAARE you?!" at the supermarket, but even after all these years back in the US, when we go back to Italy, we'll get a super warm welcome and spend the evening chatting with friends there like we'd never left. I don't think it's something easily explained by this, that or the other thing. Denmark is different from Italy, and Oregon is different from Alabama. Even within Italy, Padova is very different from Palermo. I'm very 'urbanist', but it's not just that, although it helps. There's just a lot of things going on and you could probably write a book about it.