[GoNative]

I don't hate it or overly like it. It's just not something I overly concern myself with. I live here because of the incredble beauty of the region and the unbelievable amounts of snow that fall each winter. Those are things that are important to me and make me happy. If there was somewhere else in the world that got better quality snow than here I'd be living there. Just pointing out that not all of us living here do so because of some great love of the Japanese culture. Some of us live here for very different reasons that mean more to us. Believe me though I haven't lived here for nearly 7 years because I hate the culture...

It seems some people on here assume if you don't love something then you must hate it. Of course this is ridiculous. I'm just not into things like culture. Wasn't in my home country and I'm not here. The natural world is much more important to me than the human one. Landscapes and climate just mean far more to me than things like cultures.