fala brate. ive spent time thinking abt this a lot. im 35 and my family is ur classic croatian immigrants. when i was young up to idk age 15 or so every summer there would be a gathering everyone would come out to someones backyard, smoke, drink, play cards, play bocce play music have fun, sometimes fight. as i got older everyone stopped doin that and now its a complete rarity for these things to occur. we are all "responsible" now. even in croatia when i went in 2005 they still were a little rough around the edges u could pay off cops, people partied later into the evening. i went there again last year and it was very similar to canada - people seemed wealthier but were more uptight about everything. serbia i actually been to as well and i have to say u have retained more soul there desu - the food was better (i went to vojvodina with my ex wife) cause no mass tourism had corrupted it yet. and the people were overall more "fun" than in croatia.croats will prolly reply to this and call me a sellout, serb lover, niggerish, whatever but i could see that u have struck the balance well. it helps that u have antipathy toward the western power structures so they can't fully utilize their forces to "civilize" you (aka neuter you as much)
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