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I moved to the United States exactly a decade ago. I’ve been saying this a lot lately — perhaps my brain is still adjusting to this milestone. I remember when a friend once said, “I plan to stay in this country for 5 years.”

At the time, I thought, “Five years is a lot; I’ll definitely be here for much less.”

Well, ten years have passed, and I’m still in the San Francisco Bay Area — this is the longest I’ve lived in any city as an adult.