http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2006/01/culture-shock-an-australian-living-in-the-us/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:20:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2006/01/culture-shock-an-australian-living-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Dave Nicolette Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:53:38 +0000 http://gregluck.com/blog/2006/01/culture-shock-an-australian-living-in-the-us/#comment-62 Your comments are interesting, and consistent with others who have lived and worked in foreign countries. We all have assumptions about other countries, and even after multiple short visits we may not really understand the cultural differences. Many Western cultures are broadly similar, but when you get down to everyday life in another society, the multitude of small differences can pile up on you. I hope your experiences living in the US were positive, on the whole. Your comments are interesting, and consistent with others who have lived and worked in foreign countries. We all have assumptions about other countries, and even after multiple short visits we may not really understand the cultural differences. Many Western cultures are broadly similar, but when you get down to everyday life in another society, the multitude of small differences can pile up on you.
I hope your experiences living in the US were positive, on the whole.

]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2006/01/culture-shock-an-australian-living-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Tom Adams Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:31:33 +0000 http://gregluck.com/blog/2006/01/culture-shock-an-australian-living-in-the-us/#comment-61 Your experiences mirror my family's in very similar ways (we spent a year in Northern VA), I'm glad you took the time to comment on them, I always told myself I would and then forgot the more time I spent there. One thing sums up my view of the US: excess. Everything is exessive; cars, wealth, poverty, celebrations, consumerism, etc. While I enjoyed it (and would happily do it again), they have a warped culture that made me glad a had AU to come home to. Your experiences mirror my family’s in very similar ways (we spent a year in Northern VA), I’m glad you took the time to comment on them, I always told myself I would and then forgot the more time I spent there. One thing sums up my view of the US: excess. Everything is exessive; cars, wealth, poverty, celebrations, consumerism, etc. While I enjoyed it (and would happily do it again), they have a warped culture that made me glad a had AU to come home to.

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