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Originally Posted by MMM

I am very confused by what you are saying, and I lived in Japan for a few years. I did not change the way I dress or the way I cut my hair. Why would you say that's what people in Japan expect.

It's your loss. You kept the same clothes for several years intead of going with the style around you? You diligently got a "Fantastic Sams" hair cut rather than let those Japanese experts do their thing? Japans people like to stick together. I bit you stood out like a soar thumb.

Originally Posted by MMM

Have you changed the way you dress or the way you cut your hair to live in the US? Did you toss out your clothes you bought in Japan and buy a whole new wardrobe? I seriously doubt it.

I don't throw things away, I'm not wasteful. But I buy cloths at least once a year. I buy my clothes like everyone else here: Old Navy, Walmart, The Gap etc.. People aren't like you. They want to fit into the society they live in.

Originally Posted by MMM

First of all, I live in the US. I can tell you first hand not everyone assimilates here. Maybe you live in southern California, where looking the the same is more important that the rest of the country, but believe, here is Portland, OR it is the opposite, so let's not talk about "America" as if it is one way of thinking. Here hair styles are not all the same, clothing is not all the same. Let's not confuse people.

I live in SoCal. I've been to Col, Texas, Florida, NY. They are all the Same. All have RedBox, Starbucks and 7-Elevens. All dress the same. All have same haircuts. All have illegal Mexicans(illegals start to look like Latinos as they assimilate also). Now, punk rockers look punk rock, Bikers look biker. Gang bangers have their look. That's a different thing. Those are niches. They deliberately dress apart to have an Identity.

I wouldn't be surprised if Portland Oregon was different from the rest of the states. Maybe you guess need some nation wide retail stores? Old Navy anyone?


How many Americans here?
Do you think Asians in America dress differently than anyone else? Or do you think everyone in America pretty much shops at the same malls and retails stores? I'm not talking individual tastes, I'm talking a noticeable clothing style deference among the different ethnic groups in America so you can tell without seeing face or skin color what race a person is by looking at his clothes.

In Little Tokyo I can tell the FOBs from Japan Vs the Nisei living in the states. The Nisei dress like anyone else in the U.S. and usually have a bit of a tan. The FOBs are still wearing the clothing from Japan, are much paler and have Japanese hair cuts.