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It’s perhaps a little bit encouraging to learn that even in the age of the internet and mass media, we can still go through some significant culture shock. For better or worse, that’s what travel is all about, seeing new things and having some of your preconceptions disrupted.
Someone asked “What was the most major cultural difference you noticed when you moved to another country?” and people gave their best ideas. So get comfortable as you scroll through, prepare to perhaps be surprised, upvote your favorite examples and be sure to share your own stories and experiences in the comments section below.

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30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad My first day in my new home in South America I was tooling around in my power chair (l’m an incomplete quad) when it’s frame collapsed (due to mishandling abuse by airline) and I was left helpless on the street in a big city. People here were typical city people, not particularly friendly or unfriendly, just living life. I saw a young man looking at me and I asked in bad Spanish if he could help me. Within seconds I was surrounded by folks in their twenties who were actively planning my rescue. They got me loaded into a cab and like twenty of these young people accompanied me back to my hotel, where they made sure I got comfortably situated while they checked into getting me a rental chair and found a specialty welder who could fix my power chair’s frame. Then they lectured my hotel manager on my care and feeding and said goodbye. I have never seen these folks again. All in all it was an excellent terrible first day in Ecuador. Really different from anything I experienced in 65 years in estados unidos.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad I studied in England for a semester. I consider it "moved" because I brought all my clothes, computer, bedding, etc. and had a small studio apartment off campus.

    The food was the major thing. Rather, the ingredients. I ate about the same amount of food and walked about the same amount I do in the US, but I still lost over 20 pounds in the six months I was there. US diet is just so much filler junk that fattens us up.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I spent 6 months in the US and 100% agree with your last sentence. I'd say portions in the US are also crazy bigger.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad Living in England was my first experience of people being comfortable with not being high achievers and pushing pushing pushing to be the best at everything all the time. It was okay just to be normal. One was still a worthwhile person.

    I loved it.

    Yes, I am an American.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad This was a looong time ago, in 1989. My family left the USSR as refugees. I was 9. We were part of the large immigration wave from the USSR to the US in the late 80s.

    The first stop after leaving the Soviet world was Austria. We got off the train at the Vienna train station, and I hit immediate culture shock. There was a little convenience store that sold snacks and newspapers. The first shock was automatic doors. That was some sci fi s**t as far as I was concerned. The second thing was comic books. I've never seen one before, and it blew my mind more than the doors.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like these were 'good shocks' - and I hope they continued for you :)

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad I know this is gonna sound dumb, but when I visited USA the first thing that I was in awe about, was the trees, because they looked different than the ones from Australia. I just kept looking at all the different trees and flowers, because they were not the same ones I would drive past for the majority of my life.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an Aussie, I agree. Until I got to California and saw Eucalyptus trees. They look very familiar and you don't realise how much you've missed them until you see them again.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad People being genuinely religious. I came from an atheist German household and moved to Utah. The first couple of weeks it felt like I had moved planets. Or centuries.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Utah can seem like anóther planet even to other Americans. I would also use the word cult in place of religion but I suppose that's a minority position

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad India. Rubbish and litter dumped everywhere including waterways and nature reserves.
    No thought. No compassion for other life forms, no self awareness.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That always surprises me. Don't they care about the environment they live in?

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad I grew up in America but moved away when I was a kid. Went back for somebody’s wedding and y’all have drive through EVERYTHING and hardly any pavements. Drive through liquor store. Drive through pharmacy. I had to get a car to take me from one side of a busy road to another because there were no pedestrian crossings. In Europe we have bridges over big roads. Was weird as hell.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm really fortunate. I live in a small, rural town in Pennsylvania (US). We live on the main street going through town, with sidewalks on both sides of the street, and I can walk down the road to access my bank, a small coffee shop, a local brew house and restaurant, the pharmacy, post office, and grocery store. I can easily walk or ride a bike. I know not everyone in this country has this, and I really wish they did.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad That everyone in Nagoya seems to care about the quality of the city. Lost my wallet, got it back with all the money inside. Seen people commonly walk many blocks with their trash in a plastic bag until they find a bin. Went to the gaikokujin center once or twice a week and there were always so many volunteers to help us learn the language and culture. Among my adult students, many people volunteered at things that had nothing to do with their day jobs, like an engineer who coordinated hurricane evacuations. Other people would clean up after concerts they didn’t even attend. And everyone feels safe to walk at night, or let their kids commute alone on the subway during the day.

    America has great people too, but a big wedge of our pie chart is predatory.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US people seem to generally prioritize the individuum over society (I can do what I want. I have to take care of my own needs. My problem. My freedom) Japan seems to do it the other way round, with the wellbeing of society being prioritized over individual desires. That comes with another set of problems, when people suppress personal feelings/relationships to blend in and not "destroy" the unity.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad A friend of mine moved here form Laos in 7th grade. I got to see the first time she ever saw snow, and she couldn't stop crying because it was so beautiful. As someone who has always lived somewhere that it snows, it was a real eye opener on taking things for granted. She was also pretty floored by the foliage too, but the snow (both falling and that perfect pristine surface you get after a good snowfall) totally broke her.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The third floor of my student halls was reserved for international students. One day it snowed and the entire floor emptied and all these students turned into absolute children frolicking in the snow, it was a magical moment.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad How showering demands a new level of skill in every country.

    jtbc: One of the worst parts of waking up the first morning in a new country is trying to figure out how those three levers you've never seen before work through the fog of jet lag. That and how not to flood the bathroom floor.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad Moving from Spain to the US one of the biggest cultural differences i noticed was how people here are way more focused on work and less on socializing. Back in Spain we have long lunches and siestas and people spend more time with family and friends here it feels like everyone is always in a rush and working long hours also the food portions are so much bigger in the us and tipping culture is a thing which took some getting used to.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad Husband is from India, moved to the US.

    The thing he liked the most was being able to openly protest/discuss political issues (ex. abortion rights, gay rights, situation in Ukraine, rally for unions). Also loves how clean the water and air is here.

    Thing he hates the most is that unless we're making food from scratch or eating at very healthy restaurants, how there's sugar in EVERYTHING. Even condiments and bread.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is one of my favorite things about coming to the US too. People here don't realize how much freedom of speech they still have left.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad Having to wait for a restaurant to open up at 10 pm in Madrid to get dinner and then still being the only patron at 11 when people start coming in. I am used to eating around 6-8PM.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    10pm is way too late for me. I wanna be done eating by 8pm so I've got 3 hours to digest before bed. Otherwise I get really hot and thirsty and wake up in the middle of the night.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad Different ways that are used to express laughter in chats.

    E.g.

    Western: Hahaha
    Latin-America: Jajaja / Jjjjjjj
    Brazil: Rsrsrsrs
    Thailand: 55555 ('five" in Thai is pronounced 'haa')
    Vietnam: kkkkkkk.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad French people kiss on the cheeks to say hello, even with total strangers. I'm from Eastern Europe. We just say hi, sometimes shake hands in official settings, or hug if we're close to the other person. So, to me, that cultural difference felt like a violation of my personal space on many occasions.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am French and have the same problem. You can do like me, stepping back and say "sorry I don't do la bise". It makes people see you as a bit of an assh*le but at least you won't have to do la bise.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad I spent the first weekend I lived in Sicily hiding in my new apartment, afraid of what I thought was anti-American protesters with bull horns outside. It was a couple years after 9/11. We were at war with Afghanistan and Iraq and it was not popular over there.

    When it was just guys selling the stuff they had harvested off their farms, using bullhorns to announce what they were selling. Which was common everyday stuff over there. Because I didn't know that and I wasn't fluent in Italian yet, I basically cowered in fear for the whole first weekend, afraid of a guy selling broccoli out of the back of his truck.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah reminds me of living in Kyoto and hearing this chant late in the evening. I figured it must be coming from the Buddhist temple. It was coming from the truck that sells roasted sweet potatoes.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad Grew up in the US, moved away for 7 years, and then came back. I’d have to say I was shocked by wastefulness that I never noticed enough growing up here: boxes packed in boxes, individually wrapped everything (including produce that can be peeled), the amount of ketchup packets and napkins given at any fast food joint, plastic bags w/o additional charge.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Japan can be pretty bad about that, too. I think I once saw a youtube video where someone opened a bag of cookies or something. There where like six smaller bags inside and inside this six smaller bags where three individually packed cookies each.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad I lived in France for 9 months and the difference in the quality of the food was undeniable, it's so much less processed. I've always been on the chunky side but without even trying I lost 15 lbs in just a couple months, and I really mean it when I said I wasn't even trying, my host mom depended on me to eat all the leftovers lol
    Also, I usually drink 2% milk because it's easier on my stomach but in France I could drink any milk with no trouble!

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm just 60kg at 185cm tall but I would be fat if I lived in America.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad In China people will just cut in front of you or interrupt you while you’re speaking to a worker like at the bank or train station. I’m still not fully used to it lol.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't be able to cope with this, and I don't understand how it's compatible with a culture where elders are respected? I watched a video of people in China waiting to get on a bus to take them to a tourist location, and as soon as one would arrive, they would stampede to get on. How does granny ever get on?

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad I had to learn to say this to everyone in South Africa-“Hi, how are you”. Then they will reply-“can’t complain, and you”. And then I will say- “good.good.”. If you don’t do greetings, you must have been raised by animals (as per my SA friends). It was funny, I learnt quickly.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same thing applies in the UK, when someone from the UK ask "how are you?" it's a greeting, not an actual question. Your life story is not wanted, you just say "fine thanks, you?" (or maybe someone will just say "alright?" to you, you just say "alright" back. that's it.)

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad The most major cultural difference was discovering that in some countries, it's perfectly normal to eat dinner at 10 PM. My stomach was on a strict “early dinner” schedule and was not prepared for this late-night culinary adventure.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad In Japan, the concept of personal space on public transport doesn't exist during rush hour. It's like a game of human Tetris.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad At first, I was shocked by the car-centric design of American suburbs. I found it absurd that a shopping mall's parking lot took five times the space of the mall itself. Giant parking lots surrounded every building. They were very unusual for me.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are dreadful if you are on foot. Every restaurant has a huge parking lot. To walk a few "doors" down involves a mile walk and countless hurdles and obstacles to get from one parking lot to the next.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad How it can take 4x the time to get to a place in Canada on the bus compared to driving there.

    Public transit in the part of the UK that I come from isn't magnificent but jeez, it didn't take 1 hour and 30 minutes to travel 7 km.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not magnificent but it's efficient. The old nans will be up in arms if the bus is 5 minutes late 🤦‍♂️

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad Discovering that in some places, "being on time" means arriving 15 minutes late.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I live, 'on time' means 'on time'. The 15-minutes late rule applies in an academic setting, hence it is called 'the academic quarter'. Don't ask me why.....

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad When I immigrated to the US I was shocked how people put their s**t on the front lawn for people to take away. All your neighbors seeing your junk outside! Lol I just laugh now.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well excuse you, but not everybody has a car to bring their old stuff to the dump. Maybe they put it outside to be collected by a garbage truck? That´s how it´s done here in Germany when you have unwanted furniture or so: you call the city and ask for a date for a truck to come by and get the stuff.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad American here.

    In India, (Uttar Pradesh)it was the driving. At first it was terrifying, lots of traffic, both cars and pedestrians. No real adherence to staying in lanes. Not a ton of traffic lights or intersection controls. People cutting each other off constantly

    But never saw one wreck, hit pedestrian, or road rage incident. It’s f*****g incredible. It’s not what I’m used to, but god damn does it work.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in one of worst cities in India when it comes to traffic management. The infrastructure is simply not made for this much traffic and yet I haven’t seen or been in any bad crashes so I count myself lucky. Being a pedestrian is like being on the ledge between life and death and the cars move the wrong way a lot of the time so you have to be careful even on one way roads

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad Four times a day, shops close for prayer. Other factors include the way people drive and the dearth of leisure options, like nightclubs, bars, and movie theaters. Am I missing any theaters? Oh, and if you're a single man, some retail centers won't let you in. Saudi Arabia is where I currently reside.

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still claim US "Christians" are nowhere NEAR as devout as the average Muslim.

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    30 Culture Shocks People Were Not Ready For When They Moved Abroad Realizing that jaywalking in Vietnam is basically an extreme sport.

    expo1986: You either master it or become a permanent part of the traffic! 🏍️🚶‍♂️

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    2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Realising that "jaywalking" doesn't actually exist on many countries. You just cross the road where you like.

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