One person who tries to impose an absurd and arbitrary rule to define everyone else’s experience? I often wonder that myself.

So because I have the means, through whatever method, to keep my own place when I’m away, I can literally never “live” somewhere else regardless of the length of time or purpose of my stay? I can get a job, marry a local, buy groceries every week, call the plumber to fix the toilet, get my car’s oil changed every few…

Yes, it does have a lot to do with what you’re doing. Did you get into a local daily routine with school or work etc? Speaking as an international education professional, the students we send on exchange do live abroad. They directly enrol in the partner university and live in residence or apartments etc. They make…