American Weirdness: The disorientation of an Expat coming home and buying toothpaste | dagblog

American Weirdness: The disorientation of an Expat coming home and buying toothpaste

By artappraiser on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 9:12pm |

Some thoughts on what I notice whenever I'm back in the U.S., including: glacial air conditioning; cars as big as studio apartments; chirpy customer service—any customer service; cheese that’s not so much cheese as oil poured into plastic; dismal Amtrak. https://t.co/xVMLYNwbHZ
— Rachel Donadio (@RachelDonadio) September 19, 2018

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https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/09/expat-america-europe/570580/?utm_source=twb

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