I mean, maybe. Korea will never be my home but America is looking like shit. Ideally I would like to immigrate to a European country, but I know my chances of doing that are quite slim. So I am not sure what I am going to do with my life. 

I might if I ever decide what I want to do when I grow up.

I honestly think being a language teacher of some sort is what I'll be doing for the rest of my life, which I feel is pretty good. I like learning languages and when I can help other people learn languages I can feel pretty good.

As far as going back home...I just can't see the appeal in it anymore. Sometimes I miss home a little bit but my life was at a stand still for such a long time when I was there. At least it was at my hometown. It's not really a place I want to keep living in.

Maybe other places in the US? I mean...I don't know...

I know it's just my first year living abroad (in China right now) but I think I just like it better outside my country.

Here's a nice article by J.D. Vance, the author of Hillbilly Elegy.

'Why I'm Moving Home'

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/opinion/why-im-moving-home.html

I like that he's trying to make a conversation out of this. Don't we have some obligation to the places we were raised? Doesn't capitalism as it stands now perhaps overvalue a mobile workforce, creating the 'brain drain' that is such a contributor to the hollowing out of middle America that has been so devastating to those areas? It's too bad that following your dreams so often means abandoning your community.

N.B. It's telling that the author makes such an impassioned argument only to reveal that he actually didn't return to his native Appalachian town, but rather to Cleveland, the nearest metropolis.

Quote from: donovan on April 11, 2017, 04:53:57 PM

Here's a nice article by J.D. Vance, the author of Hillbilly Elegy.

'Why I'm Moving Home'

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/opinion/why-im-moving-home.html

I like that he's trying to make a conversation out of this. Don't we have some obligation to the places we were raised? Doesn't capitalism as it stands now perhaps overvalue a mobile workforce, creating the 'brain drain' that is such a contributor to the hollowing out of middle America that has been so devastating to those areas? It's too bad that following your dreams so often means abandoning your community.

N.B. It's telling that the author makes such an impassioned argument only to reveal that he actually didn't return to his native Appalachian town, but rather to Cleveland, the nearest metropolis.

Obligation to what, exactly (asked with genuine curiosity and not INTERNET CONFRONTATION)? Even before SCROTUS, the US was mostly hostile towards its citizens. For context: I come from modest privilege, moved all over the country and, as an adult, lived in three major cities on the West Coast. I had stable, full time jobs with benefits.

What did that mean for me? A 9-5 that was actually a 9-7, two weeks vacation TOPS, medical insurance that still resulted in rather high deductibles/copays, and a cost of living that was (and continues to be) absurd. In my eyes, I was lucky compared to most. And while I enjoyed my time there, it is not a path that leads to much growth or happiness.

Of course this comes down to a different strokes/folks argument and Korea is by no means my forever home but there's surely no love lost between myself and the US.