a) is incredibly socially conservative (meaning you'd have a hard time making contacts). b) speaks a language that would take years for me to be able to stutter. c) is an ocean away from everyone and everywhere i know.
America? Assume you were already in Japan. Yes this would be almost the exact reasons you would say it for America (or at least I would). Then add these: Why I also wouldn't want to go live in America: - My favorite games would either not exist there, or would be translated in an unmutable horribly translated english voice - I would have less opportunity as an software entertainment coder (but hey Texas is still a decent place... if you want to code for the next Quake engine or something) - I could get shot (although we know very well it is highly unlikely we might as well make paranoid assumptions since we ourselves never been to Japan so let's assume this person hasn't either in the example)
And I've already made a couple friends from there over internets. You can make friends with japanese just as much as anywhere else. Just have some similar interests. No I haven't been to Japan, but I'm sure if I hung around the arcade enough I'd find a few people to hang with.
Although personally Jim the only reason I haven't up and left immediatly is job opportunities. Honestly the only job any gaijin (esp American) could get no matter what college they went to and grades they had would be an english teacher or maybe a clerk. You'd have to either search really hard, get really lucky, or start your own business as a whole to get anything else. I chose the latter of the 3.
b) speaks a language that would take years for me to be able to stutter.
c) is an ocean away from everyone and everywhere i know.
America? Assume you were already in Japan. Yes this would be almost the exact reasons you would say it for America (or at least I would). Then add these:
Why I also wouldn't want to go live in America:
- My favorite games would either not exist there, or would be translated in an unmutable horribly translated english voice
- I would have less opportunity as an software entertainment coder (but hey Texas is still a decent place... if you want to code for the next Quake engine or something)
- I could get shot (although we know very well it is highly unlikely we might as well make paranoid assumptions since we ourselves never been to Japan so let's assume this person hasn't either in the example)
And I've already made a couple friends from there over internets. You can make friends with japanese just as much as anywhere else. Just have some similar interests. No I haven't been to Japan, but I'm sure if I hung around the arcade enough I'd find a few people to hang with.
Although personally Jim the only reason I haven't up and left immediatly is job opportunities. Honestly the only job any gaijin (esp American) could get no matter what college they went to and grades they had would be an english teacher or maybe a clerk. You'd have to either search really hard, get really lucky, or start your own business as a whole to get anything else. I chose the latter of the 3.
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