A Woman Moves From California To Iowa And Experiences Severe Culture Shock
Moving from a major urban area on one of our coasts to a city in the middle of the country can be a major shock. If you have been through such a transition, you know exactly what I am talking about. Outside of the United States, many try to make generalizations about “American culture”, but the truth is that we are a nation that is made up of thousands of increasingly divergent subcultures. So if you pack your stuff up and plop yourself down in another state a thousand miles away, you may find yourself in the midst of a culture that literally seems like it is from another planet. In some cases that can be a good thing, but in other cases it is not so good. (Read More...)