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<p>Having lived in both the U.S. and Spain for quite some time I receive the
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very popular question that anyone who has lived in another country knows
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and dreads: "Do you like it better here or there?". Given, you might get
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this question even if you have just visited another country or (if you live
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in the U.S.) simply having lived in another state. It really is an annoying
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question, so please stop asking it. Unless we went to a literal dump we
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are going to like different parts of each.</p>
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<p>That aside, there is something I would like to say about when people ask
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this to me in Spain specifically. I have received that question in both the
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U.S. and in Spain, but it feels a little different when they ask in Spain.
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This is mostly because of the Spanish inferiority-complex. Most Spanish
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people feel (even if they do not tell you directly) that Spain is behind
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the rest of the world in just about every way possible, when that simply
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isn't true, every country has its pros and cons. So when they ask me "Do
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you like it better here or there?" I can always hear a tone of
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self-disappointment, which pisses me off. They don't know what I'm going to
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say! I might say that both the U.S. and Spain suck balls! But no, they
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assume that I'm going to say that the U.S. and just about every other
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country is better than them in just about everything except flamenco...
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Which doesn't make sense because some of the best flamenco dancers,
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singers, and guitarists are actually <b>Japanese</b>. Damn, if you're going to
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find something that your country is good at, at least make sure it's
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correct! Hey, Spain is 3rd in tourism world-wide! So every time a Spaniard
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asks me this question it makes me feel bad. Mostly since one of the only
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good things I can say about Minnesota (the state I lived in while I was in
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the U.S.) is that its nice and quiet even in the city (most likely because
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everyone has frozen to death or defected to Canada at the thought of a
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Trump presidency, that or their all drooling about a 'First Woman
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President'). How am I supposed to meet your expectation that Spain is so
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terrible when I don't have many bad things to say? Sure, things could be
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better (a <b>lot</b> better), but I hate this self-hatred bullshit.</p>
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<p>Basically, stop asking these questions, and don't think your country is
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better or worse than others at almost everything just because your economy
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is shitty or doing well because you import Asians to do all the mentally
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challenging work (U.S. *nudge, nudge*).</p>
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