You would think that growing up in a constant state of flux between the United States and Tokyo would have constituted the biggest shift for me as far as trying to find a new place to feel comfortable. But since it was what I knew from a pretty early age, it never challenged me all that much. The biggest culture shock of my life was, instead, moving to Morgantown, West Virginia, to go to college.
By the time I got to college, I had lived in a fair number of places on both sides of the world. I never felt too distrupted in my childhood, as my parents were pretty stable. My father just had a bit of wanderlust and liked to move around a lot. But most of the places I had been were on the larger, more urban side. Morgantown was a harsh departure from this pattern. It’s a tiny little town when school is out, and it explodes with activity when the 30,000+ students arrive each fall. It is the very definition of a college town. It was a great experience, but certainly a new and weird one.
Haruki Ishigawa
Word count: 192
By the time I got to college, I had lived in a fair number of places on both sides of the world. I never felt too distrupted in my childhood, as my parents were pretty stable. My father just had a bit of wanderlust and liked to move around a lot. But most of the places I had been were on the larger, more urban side. Morgantown was a harsh departure from this pattern. It’s a tiny little town when school is out, and it explodes with activity when the 30,000+ students arrive each fall. It is the very definition of a college town. It was a great experience, but certainly a new and weird one.
Haruki Ishigawa
Word count: 192
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