Do you think that living in a foreign country for a long period of time changes people? Two very conservative friends of mine lived overseas for a long period of time and it changed them. After living in the UK for a year, one friend became a doula after her first child. She shunned the US trend to have C-sections in most pregnancies and lack of care for pregnant women compared to NHS and their system. Obviously not my topic of interest, but I'm listening to what you have to say. on US pregnancy experiences. To make a long story short, they came back to Colorado Springs after their contract in the UK was over, and they couldn't wait to get out of there and he got new work in Germany.

The other ex-conservative lives in Saudi Arabia and after several years there is considering retiring either there or Cairo, or Costa Rica. She likes having her own drivers and servants. Says she feel safe b/c the beheadings shut down all of the crime,

Another conservative friend of mine just travels a lot and hasn't lived in these countries. She is still a Trump supporter.

What do you think? Does seeing the world make you more open to other cultures and less conservative?