I came to the U.S. for exactly the same reasons. I could have stayed where I was and lived a fairly comfortable life without too much worry, but there was gold

I came to the U.S. for exactly the same reasons. I could have stayed where I was and lived a fairly comfortable life without too much worry, but there was gold in them hills and I aimed to get it. So, yeah, the situation described was pretty much the same. As I said... empathy.