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Originally Posted by Paul11
You don't have to feel insulted. It's just an observation. You have to admit, that many of the gai-jin who stay in japan for a long time are effected by their time there. It's a stressful place to live, unless your in a large city surrounded by other ex-pats.
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Actually, I don`t find it particularly stressful to live here EXCEPT when I`m surrounded by ex-pats. Most everyone I know who had problems here developed them while surrounded by ex-pats.
I definitely do not think that is the way to go. You will always have someone next to you telling you that something means something it really doesn`t - or telling you why they hate Japan or Japanese people, etc. You never get a chance to form your own independent opinions before having that backdrop.
Most people I know who were relatively isolated here enjoyed Japan immensely and many of them are still here. It`s the ex-pat bubbles that ruin things for people.