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VapeHeatLabForeigner in My Own Country: 5 Shocking Culture Contrasts
Feeling like a foreigner in my own country is a strange, surreal experience — and that's exactly where I find myself going home after 10 years abroad in Barcelona, Spain. Heading back to Los Angeles to visit family and going home after 10 years abroad, I realized I'm genuinely anxious about returning to a place ...
Feeling like a foreigner in my own country is a strange, surreal experience — and that’s exactly where I find myself going home after 10 years abroad in Barcelona, Spain. Heading back to Los Angeles to visit family and going home after 10 years abroad, I realized I’m genuinely anxious about returning to a place that should feel like home. America feels different in ways I never anticipated. In this video, I break down 5 real culture shocks I’m bracing for before I even land.
Feeling Like a Foreigner in My Own Country
I was born and raised in Los Angeles, but after 10 years in Barcelona I’ve adapted to a completely different way of life. The public transport is reliable, the police leave you alone, and nobody blinks at tattoos. Now I’m headed back to Cali to visit a family member battling cancer — and I can’t shake the feeling that I’ll be a foreigner in my own country the moment I step off the plane.
This isn’t just nostalgia. It’s a real expat returning home culture shock — going home after 10 years abroad means the place you left keeps changing, you keep changing, and eventually the gap becomes undeniable. That’s the experience I’m documenting here — and I’ll also be doing product reviews while I’m in the States, so the cannabis content is coming.
5 Expat Returning Home Culture Shock Moments You Need to Know
These are the 5 expat returning home culture shock realities I’m most prepared for as a foreigner in my own country when I hit L.A.
1. Barcelona vs Los Angeles Lifestyle: Transportation Culture Shock
The Barcelona vs Los Angeles lifestyle gap is obvious from day one — in Barcelona I can get anywhere in 30 minutes by Metro, bus, city bike, or on foot. In L.A., everything requires a car, and nothing is close. Getting a coffee from my parents’ house? A 10-minute drive minimum. That shift in daily mobility is going to hit hard.
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