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I moved to Canada from Romania as a child and I don't think it was much of a win. In exchange for more economic opportunity, I grew up with no family (other th
by aianus 12y ago
I moved to Canada from Romania as a child and I don't think it was much of a win.
In exchange for more economic opportunity, I grew up with no family (other than mom and dad) which I think has stunted my personal growth a lot. Other people seem to care a lot about their families and getting married and having children but all of those things are really foreign to me.
Actually I'm not even sure about the economic opportunity bit; I saw loads of Romanian college students as interns at my last SV internship.
I'm not poor but I think being selfish and alone might be worse.
- jacquesm 12y agoEmigration is super tough, especially on kids. But growing up with just your mom and dad is actually not that rare. I have a super large family but almost 0 contact with them. What stops you from moving back to Romania?
- aianus 12y agoI don't have any brothers or sisters either. I don't know, it seemed pretty rare to me while I was growing up. Nothing's stopping me, really, except that I don't think I'd fit in anymore.
- grayclhn 12y agoI just want to point that your experience with Romania wouldn't apply to (almost) anyone moving there from another country with higher cost of living.