I was talking to this girl who I found interesting and she mentions that she really likes the new seasons of The Simpson’s and Family Guy. I told her I also like the shows but only the earlier seasons, to which she said she’s never watch them because she thinks they were boring.
I had a Seinfeld moment and suddenly my mind was simply occupied with “boring? BORING??” And thinking about what kind of person finds modern simpsons entertaining
I hear answers like that quite often when I spoke with foreigners who stayed long term.
At least for Americans, a lot of them weighed up the prospect of making a bit more money (and even that was questionable) against walkable cities, public transport, public healthcare, and lack of violent crime.