Diary of An Immigrant: "Welcome to America. Are You Finding Everything OK?"

By RUTH BROWN
the new WW music intern
Melbourne, Australia
I chucked everything in to move halfway across the world to Portland.
look
I'm young, white, wearing Levis and Chucks and a messenger bag, with a coffee in one hand and an iPhone in the other.
And just about everyone in this country does say hello.
super keen
Some stores here actually seem to employ people just to stand at the door and say "hello"
wmstores_greeter
Check back in next week for another installment of
. Follow more of Ruth Brown's
adventures in Portland at her blog Stump'd.

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