The hardest part of moving is not arriving. It's belonging.
Whether you moved last month or lived here your whole life, ELSSSE helps you turn a city into a community.
Where are you a local?
Writer Taiye Selasi argues we shouldn't ask people where they're from, a country is a concept, not an experience. Ask where they're a local. Three things tell you: rituals, relationships, restrictions.
1. Rituals
You're a local where your daily and yearly rituals live, the coffee shop, the market run, the holidays you actually keep.
2. Relationships
You're a local where the people who shape your emotional life are, family, closest friends, the neighbors who know your name.
3. Restrictions
You're a local where real-world limits bind you, visas, language, family duty, safety. Constraints reveal where you truly live.
What we heard
“I meet people, but I never become part of their lives.
“I know more foreigners than neighbors.
“Same city. Same events. Different social worlds.
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