HeyJaredalex (at home) abroad
Musings on expat life, culture and what it means to feel at home after nearly a decade abroad—with the occasional playlist for the journey.
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Culture shocked (#3): 8 more things that are normal in Belgium but not in the US (opens the original)
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1. Buying an apartment in your 20sIn today’s economy, buying an apartment in your 20s, especially on your own, is pretty unheard of in the US. Young adults often save up to buy their first house, which for many, only comes after marriage or when they decide to move out of the city. Belgium, however, has one of the highest homeownership cultures in Europe. And many people get started in their 20s while they’re single. Most of my friends who grew up in Brussels own their apartments here.Part of th
No, I wasn't rooting for the US in the World Cup – here's why (opens the original)
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“Ooh, split household, huh?!” “What a matchup – you must be so torn!”Call me unpatriotic, but in the recent World Cup matchup between the US and Belgium, it was pretty easy to figure out who I was rooting for: my current home country of Belgium, of course.Sure, it’s easy to say this now that they officially crushed the US 4-1—and after the international fiasco that was Trump’s red card interference—but the truth is that the US MNT is pretty far down on the list of teams I support.<a class="image
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