I’ve heard from a lot of expats who reluctantly have to be relocated to Europe that it could be difficult to adapt back to life in European cities again, some told me they got ‘’spoiled’ by the feeling of safety in Seoul, Tokyo Shanghai or like Hongkong, also the convenience such as accessibility to supermarkets, convenient stores etc. There could be more but that’s all I can recall.
So did you find it difficult or challenging once you go back to live in Europe, after experiencing Asian cities for several years, if not, i would be interested to know why as well.
Yeah the cleanliness is…subpar. But honestly after a while you realize what things are actually important to your quality of life. And to me, whether or not there is graffiti and how clean the streets are are not factors that greatly influence how I feel on a day to day basis. Shure it would be nicer if cleaner, but the dirt doesn’t hurt me. The greater issues to me are cultural: the major culture shock came from how blunt Germans are and how impolite from a Japanesw view. And I say that even though I am originally German.