Culture shock.....

Living in Brooklyn has also taken alot of getting used to, firstly i have never lived in a suburb as i have always lived hours away from the nearest cities. So even the amount of people i found my self surrounded by on a daily basis was a shock to my system. Secoundly the people i found my self surrounded by were of all different races...religons...cultures and spoke many different languages. I would also say the majority of people living in my area are black and spanish followed by indian and then white Americans. There have been times when i have felt like the odd one out for being white on the bus, the chance of that ever happening in the town i previously lived in was very rare as we had very few coloured people living in our town and when i say few i mean less than 30. I never realised untill now what a shelterd life i was living, i was barely independent and relied on family and friends way to much.