Is that a Dutch town?

I am not sure I understand your response. I was wondering about people living in another country other than the one they were born and raised in

I have friends in Sweden, Austrailia, Mexico, Iran, Iraq, Turkey. I have been on Facebook around 10 years as an activist and just friends. I also have worked ona 3D social community called IMVU as a creator. Anythiing you can do in real life, you can do on IMVU. Sometimes I socialize, but mostly as a creator, you are working. I make avatars, hair, clothes, shoes and homes, furniture. They sell for credits which I usually put back into creating or buying something a friend created. Anyway they feel sorry for America and hate our 45.My avi picture I added.

from whatever your country of origin. Were you living in France or visiting?

Mostly visiting, but sometimes for up to 3 months, so fully immersed in local life.

why there? I have a cousin over there but I don't talk to him much.

@btroje It was about possibly getting back with a past partner that had moved there. Did.t work out although we tried.

you lived in another country?

@btroje -- Yes. 35 of them. Somehow my full post disappeared. I spelled all this out in it, but it has gone to the Internet heaven. It would be dishonest of me to say 'lived' because my stays were limited to the term of the contract I was working. That was anywhere from two weeks to eighteen months. I was a naval architect who frequently was employed as an on site troubleshooter. Sometimes at sea, but usually in various ports here and there. My longest stay in a foreign country was Mexico, where I lived and worked for some 16 years.

@evidentialist did you like Mexico?sorry your missive flew the coop

@btroje -- Yes. It took some getting used to and it required a lot of quick study to get to the point where I could navigate in the society without being taken. That's not an indictment of Mexico, it's true everywhere. It's just that I knew I'd be there for quite a while, so it was important.

A lot depends on where you are in the country, too. The laws are not as immigrant friendly as in many other places, but they can be worked around.

Another thing, wherever you go, make sure you can speak the language or learn it quickly. I'm lucky in that regard because I have a facility for languages. When I first went to Mexico, I didn't speak a word, well, I knew si, no, señor, and so forth, but nothing else. My contract required me to teach a group of people who had never worked on a boat how to build boats. It was a from the ground up deal, and no one at the new plant spoke any English. I learned enough Spanish to do the job without screwing things up in a couple of weeks and went to work.

@evidentialist smart man evidently

@btroje -- I don't know about that, but I got the right wiring for languages, but not all languages. Asian languages throw me for a loop, so I've only picked up some rote phrases and a few words. There's an embarrassing story in that one.

@evidentialist thats why i never tried to speak Navajo

yes and was asking from everyone's perspective