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When you're an outsider in a tight-knit community

I moved to a small town where everyone knows each other's families going back generations and after two years I still feel like I'm wearing a visitor's badge everywhere I go.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between wanting to belong and accepting that some forms of belonging cannot be earned or accelerated.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity and community — who we are in belonging?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.