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When returning home feels like visiting a foreign country

I went back home after ten years and everyone treated me like a stranger and I realized I don't belong there anymore either.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural evolution is unidirectional, making true return impossible even when geography allows it.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Immigration & Cultural Transition?”

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