Same here. Moved there, then moved back. It’s like wanting to go somewhere because of a picture you saw, then when you get there you find out it smells really bad. America is a terrible place with good marketing.
I spent several years of my childhood in Miami, surrounded by mostly Latinos/Hispanics like me, and with my extended family, and in the 90’s. So I think I also remember only the best things, I didn’t understand what little politics adults talked about back then, and I wasn’t exposed to racism and such. And back then, being poor in America and being poor in South America were vastly different concepts.
As an adult, I can’t help but feel relief I came back. We have crime and corruption, but for the most part, one lives a simple life. My only worry right now is this nasty comeback of the far-right, influenced by certain groups in America itself.
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Same here. Moved there, then moved back. It’s like wanting to go somewhere because of a picture you saw, then when you get there you find out it smells really bad. America is a terrible place with good marketing.
Pretty much.
I spent several years of my childhood in Miami, surrounded by mostly Latinos/Hispanics like me, and with my extended family, and in the 90’s. So I think I also remember only the best things, I didn’t understand what little politics adults talked about back then, and I wasn’t exposed to racism and such. And back then, being poor in America and being poor in South America were vastly different concepts.
As an adult, I can’t help but feel relief I came back. We have crime and corruption, but for the most part, one lives a simple life. My only worry right now is this nasty comeback of the far-right, influenced by certain groups in America itself.