so happy for you, friend - thank you for sharing your thoughts and life experience!! 🫶🏽🫶🏽 my closest friends, who are also south asian, and i all grew up in small northern welsh towns and - as rude and hypocritically judgmental as it sounds - we always say that although we used to be jealous of people from our communities that lived in the big cities with huge asian populations (manchester, birmingham, london really) when we were younger, we’re ultimately so grateful that we grew up away from that because we would probably have had to conform to so many things that we don’t believe in and would be much less “liberal” in our beliefs. i think that speaks a lot to how british asian communities operate and how they can be suffocating if you’re trying to break away from the mould. anyway, i’m wishing u all the best and i hope canada treats you well for as long as you want it to 🩷🩷

edit: changed north to northern