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RE: It's in the eyes of the beholder, isn't it?!
I grew up in a small rural town in Texas. I grew up hating that town because it was boring and stupid. Then I grew up and moved to a bunch of different places, including Germany. When I came back home I looked at my home town through the eyes of the people in the places I had been. I wished I could bring my German friends and show them because they would be fascinated by the sleepy small town charm of Northeast Texas. I had never realised how beautiful it really was until then.
Still boring as shit though.
Did you also talk bad about it with the Germans or just consider it boring?
The Germans I met were very "matter of fact" people who were very good about discussing negative points as well as good points and comparing them without getting emotional about it. Which is something we Americans are not nearly as good at. So we would have discussions comparing our cultures where I would say negative things but I would balance it out by wanting to tell them good things too.