>>23774370she'd always end up feeling isolated
no matter how much you can stay with your friends, you will have times in your life when you need to deal with the cashier at the store, the deliveryman at the door or with the paper pusher at the bureau
and if your grip on both the language and culture is mid at best, those are very unpleasant reminders of being an outsider and not necessarily a wanted one in the first place