I can so relate to your reasons to write in English. Well, maybe not for reasons I lived abroad, but however you want to analyse it, English is the dominating international language.

Although within our global community, sub-communities are created in a natural way by members using their own national language when posting and engaging. Also some of my fellow Dutch colleagues are posting and commenting in Dutch.

I prefer the English language since I think Steemit is a global community and shall not become a collection of geo based local communities. With Steemit we have the chance to forget about country borders; To forget about our traditional local cultures; We have the chance to broaden our horizon; To get new experiences by learning from other cultures; We have the opportunity to become world citizens.

And what language better to use then the English language?