re: Any of you guys ever live in Poland?

JUST a bit of topographical difference in the 2

Tehran has a beautiful skyline

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Tehran has a beautiful skyline

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Hopefully you’re being sarcastic. The buildings in that picture make the whole thing butt ugly.

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Live. Japan would be 1

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Can only speak on Japan as I haven’t been to the other two. I understand your point on shame culture and agree there.

But although my time in Japan was some of the best weeks traveling I ever had, I would have trouble living there.

Visiting, yes. Living, no. Not enough variety. I absolutely love the food there, but no variety. I was begging for a burger after week 2.

Culture the same. Zero space anywhere in the cities. It’s all hyper focused on specific ideology.

Have you spend much time there? Where do you keep your boat?

That’s been my experience. I work with a bunch of Japanese for work. They do two year rotation in the States for work.

They are blown away with the variety of life here. What they do back home, they do very well.

But when I take them clay shooting and fishing, they lose their damn minds.

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Is it similar to living in Shreveport?

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Ironic, both my grandparents on one side are from Poland, and I'm from Shreveport. 45% Ukraine/SE Poland on DNA test.

My grandmother was in the Holocaust. Her entire family killed, never saw them again after she was separated. Her BF and her went to a theatre on a Sunday, after role call was supposed to happen by Nazi's. He didn't report. Nazi's took her BF out of theatre and shot him right there. His mom was hysterical and saw it. Another story was Nazi's made everyone on street come to front yard of their house. They randomly shot one side, and forced other to dig their grave. Luckily, she wasn't the shot side. She was a maid for a German General at some concentration camp (she was catholic so didn't get dragged in with the jewish). The German general's wife liked her a lot, and told her you won't get out of here alive, so sent her off to Luxembourg. From there she met my grandfather. Grandfather was born in Poland but moved to US at 5 and was serving for US. Grandfather talked to her at a floral shop, and she made fun of his ability to speak polish. They got married. She was then sent in a Boat to the US for "War Brides". European women who married American men during WWII. She went through Ellis Island to live with his parents in NJ whom she never met (my great grandparents) for 1.5 years until my grandfather finished off WWII and returned. Good story until learning how abusive and alcoholic WWII made my grandfather which then passed onto my dad. Something that happens 80 years ago can pass through generations.

Grandmother came to visit us, and when we were driving, she hated looking at telephone polls because she said she saw so many Polish people that were hung on them.

I was in Japan for 2 weeks over the holidays Tokyo - Kyoto-Osaka. Fascinating and everything is true about being safe and clean.

Living there would be a hard no.

I grew up in NOLA as well. Went to Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya, Hakone.

The subway surpassed any system I’ve experienced. Yes, it’s silent. They definitely shame you as you said.

But way too conforming. And they hate outsiders. You will not be accepted. It’s the same shite over and over. One can argue it’s nice shite. But it’s the SAME shite.

Ewa Sonnet.

You're welcome.

No - he fervently fought against nazis.

Again - no clue why he hated them.

He hated the Vietnamese, while I don’t agree with that one either, I at least somewhat understand what got him there.