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@scarlet@plush.city I left as soon as the borders opened again post-corona. I have studied a lot and knew the direction the USA was headed since 2001. But I really knew it was time to leave when I woke up every morning and I felt like running. My flight or flight reflex could not understand the distance to canada or mexico but it still screamed "run". So I started making my plans. They took a few years to implement and crystalize but I've been living in Germany for almost 5 years now. How do I feel? I inadvertently walked into a country whose culture is very calming to how my brain actually works. How Germans communicate is very similar to how I communicate. It was the best decision I ever made. How my footwear is made is designed for a German Clime to hearken back to your metaphor. Insofar as the grass is not always greener. In the first year, I've honestly never felt so alone, even living with someone else. To go from highly educated to barely being able to form a sentence is a hell of a ride. Road Signs were exhausting as my brain tried to make sense of the language. Integrating into another country was the hardest thing I've ever done and I was fired from a job for being queer. That shouldn't scare you off. I'm a head chef at a locally famous restaurant now and my German is close to mothertongue. While it was the hardest thing I have ever done it was also the most rewarding. Everything Germany does badly the USA does worse and everything the USA does well Germany does better. Working in Germany right now is pretty tough due to ridiculous worker shortages and the USA and Russia fucking everything up but that's not a Germany problem that's a world wide problem.