Why I Will Never Come Back to the United States

I wanted to make a little correction! At 7:23, Jana says that "People outside sometimes think that Luxembourg is just all about BANKS." This is a reference to a criticism the country receives on how its economy is run. My goal here was to show that even a small country like Luxembourg, despite its size, has wonderful people and so much to offer culturally. What do you think? Have you ever been to Luxembourg before?

"There are many ways to get an education and this is mine." -Nathaniel Drew (2021)

“To anyone who isn’t satisfied with the place they were born in.” Are you me?

I went to Spain as an 18 yr old and sobbed like a child when I had to board the plane to come back after just 3 weeks. It has been part of my soul since then.

I'm with ya bro, I left the USA in 2004 and haven't returned. Not all who wander are lost.

'In Search Of Where I Belong" so well said it's echoing in my head.

A similar story: I left the US in 1983 to study in Paris, after I graduated I got a job offer to work in Switzerland (1996). I thought that some European work experience would be good on my CV. In 1990 I decided to "return home" in the US: I already had a job in a large corporation lined up. I only stayed 6 months as I really hated the work environment and conditions. I almost felt like a foreigner in my own country and felt that I had little in common with my peers. I quickly decided to return to Switzerland and have been here ever since. I became a Swiss citizen in 2015 and renounced my US citizenship in 2016.

Couldn’t agree more. 32 years ago I met a woman while working in Stockholm that summer. The next year, I left Brooklyn to live in Sweden. The best decision that I ever made. After a good career in the Swedish Royal Opera, I collected my pension and now live in a small village outside of Palermo. No regrets. I’ll never return to the states. 😂

I can relate. Growing up in the USA, I never connected with the traditions: prom, football, xmas, Tday.... I left over 25 years ago. I've lived in 6 different countries. I have never looked back. I'll never return.

Dude!!! What the heck! How are these videos soooo good?! The amount of work you put into it is just mind blowing

the production quality only gets better, happy for you nathaniel

When I first traveled outside the country I knew immediately that I was not meant to grow old in the States. My soul literally needs to be else where. ❤️

I absolutely LOVED my time in Luxembourg. I took a year to leave the US and just enjoy Europe. Like you said, a few hours on the train, you’re in a whole other life and experience

I'm an African American that did grow up on two continents: North America and Europe. (Military Brat) I have a mom that was super protective and didn't like to travel and hoped that I wouldn't either. But I craved and wanted adventure, I spent time in libraries, reading Atlases, Geography Books and really pushed for foreign language classes throughout Middle and High School. I was grooming and preparing myself for world travel. In my Junior and Senior HS year, I wanted to go abroad with friends to Europe and South America, but my mother was fiercely against it. I was PISSED that I couldn't go and swore that I will go on my own when I leave home. I mastered speaking French, German, Spanish and Portuguese, getting myself ready for a big adventure. At 19, I got my passport on my own and went abroad. (Much to my mother's chagrin) Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, South America, Europe and Asia...Spent my 20s traveling around. I'm now 34, a skilled Sushi Chef (I do indeed speak Japanese) about to start my own business that will allow me to travel and make money doing what I love. I know what it's like when your World is instantly expanded and you are able to broaden your horizons and your question of "Home" is tested.

Beautiful vid my friend! Come to Australia when I'm down here please and thanks 🙏

I was born in the UK, came to the US as a baby, lived in the US for a total of 40 years before I left for Europe. Like you, I didn't feel like I belonged. I felt culturally different. I just couldn't relate. My heart was always in Europe. I left California in 2004 for Ireland, lived there for 4 years before I fell in love and moved to France, been here since. I don't ever want to leave.

I relate completely. My family in the US moved around a lot due to my dad’s work. I got used to being the new kid in school, having different experiences from my peers, and a sense of being able to reinvent myself over and over. Now in my 70s, I have lived in 7 different countries, and I will probably move again. Looking forward to more and more adventures, learning another language and culture, maybe falling in love again. Bravo to you, Nat. Keep exploring. Never let yourself get complacent. And keep a good journal.

“You’ll watch an entire Netflix series even when the first episodes are slow just because someone told you that ‘it gets better’, but what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?” Love from a small YouTuber💙

Your point that moving to a new country lets you "be who you want to be" me really resonated with me. I also left the USA a few years back, and I feel more free to be who I really am rather than follow some subtle (maybe imagined?) cultural pressure to be "American." Living in another country, people don't expect you to totally fit in 100%, so you can find this nice mix between different cultures that suites who you really are.

I felt the same way, I lived overseas for many years. I learned different languages. Now I’m back in the USA , many years later my 21 year old daughter is following in my footsteps