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there has been a time that I was so terribly homesick that the only option for my husband, new born baby and myself was to return to Holland. I was much younger then, living in Australia without any family or friends of my own. thinking back I realize now that the culture shock must have been enormous! we left Holland because we felt that it was getting very crowded. the mentality had changed with the influx of migrants. intolerance, disrespect for each other, very confrontational anti-social behavior, high cost of living, lack of greenery, housing and weather played a big part in our decision. we are happy now and often we think we have it all. we have been very very lucky and homesickness, no neither of us suffers from that, amazing...but then we're much older too!