Might as well call this city home

Today's weather: High = 5 Low = -1
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If I've got this right it looks like I've been in this city for about 5 years now, over two distinct time periods. This is excluding vacations, etc. It's enough to say this city feels like home and I'm certainly comfortable here.

The difficulty in making such a claim lies in the transient nature of expat life and the extremely rapid turnover of people coming in and out of the city. The revolving door is a simply a reality to live with that has both pluses and minuses.

From a psychological point of view, the revolving door makes it tempting to regard Shanghai as a place where nobody really stays put and to adopt a similar mentality. But it isn't quite like that. Even in my home country it is common to move to a city, stay there for a few years, and move on. So I figure if it's for one year, 5 or 10, might as well take the view that this place is home for however long I'm here.

Locals actually don't like the expat revolving door reality and would prefer foreigners to be more stable in the city. As they say, there is more to life than showing up in the city, making some money, and then taking off.