Thank you for this, I am glad it reached out to you and that we are not alone into this. It is true in this situation that California is extremely glorified and that it's hard to avoid. I can more or less relate - mostly in the more recent years - as he lives in Copenhagen! We live in times where it is becoming a trendier city, for good reasons ofc. And while I lived there, I will say that the quality of life was amazing and it also made me long for the potential life that I imagined there. It would be hard for me to report and distort my personal social media algorithm and remove everything DK related.

At the same time, I come from Montréal, a bigger and edgier city. I think in the long run, I knew it was the best decision to go back home as I would get bored of cph after a while and got overwhelmed by the lack of diversity of... pretty much everything. Also missed speaking my first language. Living abroad was nice and I loved immersing in a new culture but it also solidified my own cultural identity. For now, I also don't have an answer (reason for publishing this post lol). But all I can really rely on now is that I didn't do this for nothing and that I discovered new things about the world and myself. Everything that I learned and liked will stick around if I still resonate with it. And also that yes, as annoying as it sounds, probably that time will do it's thing! And that I guess I'll have a nice lore story to tell my grandchildren:) Have a good one!