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like the original post said, i dont want to be associated with USA, and that is why i'm arguing with you no
we probably also disagree because whether they have a norwegian culture or not depends on each person's personal definition of 'culture' and 'cultural heritage'.
to me, a culture is generally and basically mostly confined to one area where the people who share the culture live next to eachother. a culture that belongs to a people (an ethnicity) can't live on on another continent (i mention "people" and "ethnicity" to exclude religions and other faiths that have stronger rules to how the culture has to be compared to the lack of rules of change in an ethnical culture).. a culture that lives on in a different place is in most cases being too much changed.... and cultures also constantly change, making it difficult for a culture to be the same on two different locations on two different continents. And in USA's case, on top of what i've said already, my impression is that the white culture in USA have made the culture you represent in many cases superficial/shallow. that's what i'm saying-
you said "in my hometown people really maintain their german, polish & norwegian cultures"
in my country, norway, the location of the real norwegian culture, the norwegian americans are seen as many times more american than norwegian - the elements of norway that they have left in them (which vary from person to person, like you said, depending on their upbringing) are often twisted/over-exposed representations of norway.
what i try to say is that they are not the same as the original culture. the norwegian-ness they have in them is more on the surface (perhaps symbolically), while the real substance, what is behind the surface, is the american culture.
but of course, if they spend years and even settle down in norway, it will probably be easier for them to live a life in the norwegian culture than for example for someone coming from south america.
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