I did it in England but its VERY different there, in England its about learning self-sufficiency and doing things apart from your parents - whereas here it all seems to be family based and to encourage people to spend time with their kids, both are cool imho but it did surprise me just how differently things are done when I moved here.
(I have to admit I only actually completed things and stuck with it because they had a soccer team I wanted to continue playing in
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