I just always had a hard time there, the mainstream culture seems to be overpoweringly representative of everything I don't like (nationalism, pride at the expense of others, in your face religion, capitalism, consumerism, etc.). It's just always in your face, and I know full not everyone is like this, but you just can't escape it there. A lot of this likely has to do with my high school experiences, and my father's extended overly Christian family ostracising other family members for being foreign. Not my kind of place.
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When was that?