This is a bit of a wall of text, but if you're in for the ride, I appreciate you coming along. I will also state, this is all from a U.S. citizen's perspective, largely about society in the U.S, where I grew up and currently live.

I have lived in Belfast, Northern Ireland as well as Tokyo, Japan (Ueno, for a short time). I have traveled Germany, France, Scotland, England, Ireland, Iceland, Japan, Canada, and every state of the U.S. There is much of the world I have yet to experience firsthand, and I...