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<blockquote data-quote="Cultural Refugee" data-source="post: 15673" data-attributes="member: 17030">Different topic: It's hard for me to tell how much of my life here is good just because I get some array of Westerner god factor benefits vs. how much it is due to cheapness, expat freedom, good quality of life, culture I find interesting, nicer people, better personality fit with the culture, pretty girls, and better dating market. My Russian isn't so good, so really as soon as I open my mouth I get treated as a foreigner (and when I speak English, as a Western foreigner). Of course, less experienced travelers might not understand this is happening. But I know that for some magical reason, my social life here is better than in other countries, and I get treated better here than I do in other countries.I don't know how large the Western foreigner effect is in EE. Does anyone who has lived or visited deep EE have any idea? It might not even be a general EE thing, and rather an effect more specific to the country or city I'm staying in.I bet in India, China and some other places something similar happens: you will always experience life there as a white western foreigner, rather than as the local. You can't live in India for a month as a white, paint your skin brown, and then live for a month as an Indian and compare. Whether you are a white or an Indian, what you experience in India will seem like the norm to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cultural Refugee, post: 15673, member: 17030"] Different topic: It's hard for me to tell how much of my life here is good just because I get some array of Westerner god factor benefits vs. how much it is due to cheapness, expat freedom, good quality of life, culture I find interesting, nicer people, better personality fit with the culture, pretty girls, and better dating market. My Russian isn't so good, so really as soon as I open my mouth I get treated as a foreigner (and when I speak English, as a Western foreigner). Of course, less experienced travelers might not understand this is happening. But I know that for some magical reason, my social life here is better than in other countries, and I get treated better here than I do in other countries. I don't know how large the Western foreigner effect is in EE. Does anyone who has lived or visited deep EE have any idea? It might not even be a general EE thing, and rather an effect more specific to the country or city I'm staying in. I bet in India, China and some other places something similar happens: you will always experience life there as a white western foreigner, rather than as the local. You can't live in India for a month as a white, paint your skin brown, and then live for a month as an Indian and compare. Whether you are a white or an Indian, what you experience in India will seem like the norm to you. [/QUOTE]

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