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Originally Posted by ciudad_del_norte
I'm curious as well. I've spent lots of time in South America, and none in east asia, but I certainly wouldn't have thought SA would be more foreign. In these sorts of discussions I often also find Mexico to be really interesting. Despite some obvious latin american commonalities much about Mexico is still very much North American to me.
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That's been my experience as well. Many parts of East Asia are affluent and developed, so there's that aspect that is similar. They're not as foreign feeling as Africa, India or even much of the Middle East.
But East Asia is on a different level (think lower) of familiarity for me than Latin America, regardless of affluence and societal (dis)organization.