Things I've Learned from Traveling Around the World for Three Years

Re:Things I've Learned from Traveling Around the World for T... by charleso on Tuesday August 24, 2010 @10:46AM (#1629924)

As another former Canada / U.S. transplant I agree there is a difference, but it's less extreme. It's almost intra-national, really.

The 'culture shock' between Toronto, Ontario -> Montgomery, Alabama won't be much different than if you were moving from Los Angeles instead. In contrast, the culture difference between Toronto, Canada -> Cairo, Egypt or Bangkok, Thailand will be pretty danged huge.

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Re:Things I've Learned from Traveling Around the World for T... by theycallmemorty on Tuesday August 24, 2010 @12:37PM (#1630287)

But doesn't language isolation have a significant impact on culture?

It would be more apt to compare the Toronto-Montgomery difference to the difference between Toronto and Glasgow or Toronto and Canberra.

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