[KJS]

I am American, grew up in Cleveland, lived mostly in Seattle since adulthood. I have also lived in Chiang Mai, Thailand and London, England.

I think the best thing about America might also be its worst:

So big that it has everything.

So big that you never learn about anything else because it has everything.

I am jealous of people who grew up in Europe and Asia surrounded by other countries. They were influenced by other cultures, learned other languages, saw how other people lived and generally speaking have more empathy for others because of these experiences, IMO.

I also think that America has lost a lot of its regional-ness and is becoming very homogeneous. Happening elsewhere too but not as bad from my experience.

KJS