Hello everyone,

I left a western European country (think sunset at 16:30 in December) for a southern European country. I’m visiting my family for the holidays, and it just feels very strange to be back here.

I now live in a city, and the contrast with the urban sprawl in my previous country is almost jarring. Car dependency is also quite high, while I mostly walk around where I live now.

For people who experienced similar situations, did you find any way to deal with it? I’m only here for a few weeks, so it’s fine, but I guess I just wanted to see if someone has any tip.

It also probably means I made a good decision to move where I live now.

  • Lemminary
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    211 months ago

    I’m back to my home country after so many years of living abroad. I still get told on occasion that I don’t sound local even though I’ve been here a while and it kind of bothers me. Lol