I speak English and I chose to study in a part of the world where English is a foreign language and was not spoken. I live in a residence. there was one other girl who spoke English. Everyone said, 'oh you should meet her, you will be the best of friends.' I was skeptical. I eventually met her and we had NOTHING in common. We said hi, where are you from and then we had nothing else to say. And as we didn't like the same activities we had no reason to seek each other out. People were so confused as to why we weren't best friends.
I live in a town with a military base. People here are more interested in which hockey team you are cheering for

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