This land is your land and this land is my land From California to the New York island From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me As I went walking that ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway Saw below me that golden valley This land was made for you and me I roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts All around me a voice was sounding This land was made for you and me When the sun come shining, then I was strolling And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting This land was made for you and me This land is your land and this land is my land From California to the New York island From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me When the sun come shining, then I was strolling And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling The voice come a-chanting and the fog was lifting This land was made for you and me
关于这个我以前也写过一篇，就是不懂为什么老留总是说，我们是第一代移民，没有根基，所以没有安全感。
如果中国还是九十年代以前，穷得叮当响，美国洗盘子的一个月都比中国当教授一年赚得多，那我理解为什么第一代移民没有安全感。因为人家随便哪个美国家庭的家底和遗产，跟国人比起来都是天文数字。所以我很理解佩妮54岁抛下国内一切黑在美国。我很诧异这么多人记忆丧失居然不理解佩妮的行为。不少老留不但靠不上父母，还得每月给家里寄钱帮衬家里呢。
但是现在中国富裕的人绝对数字也不少，老留一般收入家底也不少，至少在美国占top 10-20%吧。为什么会仅仅因为自己是“第一代移民”而感觉没有安全感呢？我不懂。大多数老美家里也没啥钱，多半还不如中国家庭的遗产留得多呢。也许大家的意思是，老美如果失业，还能回父母家住地下室。不过老留年纪都不小了，早已过了要考虑退后一步靠父母的年纪了。
如果说的是美国家庭有上层关系网，有大额遗产什么的，那么这个安全感就跟“第一代移民”无关，只是跟“我为什么不是出生于上流社会富裕人家”的遗憾有关。
当年在国内有个女生跟我说，她在本地没有根基，所以想嫁个本地人。我心想我靠，我也在一线城市飘了好几年了，我咋就从来没想过我没有根基呢。
我觉得一个人在社交上成不成功还是性格决定的，性格外向自信的人就社交成功，性格内向害羞的人，在哪里都是安静不响的，无论是在国内还是在国外。
那种应该安全感更强吧
让土著老美（欧洲白人和非洲黑人）越来越少，。。。，多年以后，
多是“野生黑莓”的美国就不是“野生黑莓”想来美国时候的美国，
。。。
等晚上有时间，以真实故事为证写写。
2023年的小温哥华，city of vancouver
European Canadian: 46.2%Chinese: 27.7% South Asian: 6%Filipino: 6%
幼年熟悉的一些地点，回老家院子里转转，从自己奶奶种下的树上摘枣，那种感觉很令人羡慕的
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Metro_Vancouver
啥都挺好，就是爱担心的毛病不好，我觉得就是指的这个，他都那样儿了，人家也不着急担心
也有可能是因为这几年长期远程工作
很庆幸自己没有入外籍。没入外籍冥冥之中就是因为这割不舍的家乡情怀
家人亲戚朋友都是自己生出来的或者认识的。
This land is your land and this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
Saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me I roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
All around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me When the sun come shining, then I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me This land is your land and this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me When the sun come shining, then I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The voice come a-chanting and the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me
业进外企的北方人是水到渠成。一是居然能从老外身上看到自家人的性格外貌的影子。二是九十年代末到处拆拆拆。出了国反而找到了幼年的自然环境。
都别想永远拥有哪片土地。发明火化的人挺黑的
"Americanism is a matter neither of birthplace or national descent, but of the soul and of the spirit"
Teddy Roosevelt 1916年说的。
你还年轻的，人老了才会想和懂“根”吧。文化，传统，很多东西慢慢的会怀念的。但是我从没想到回去，也回不去了