I miss Ohio Nice

So I used to study near Cincinnati.

I come from an Indian seafaring family, four family members who've sailed frequently. Needless to say, a lot of health issues and also mistreatment by my home community. We've paid for three domestic help's children to go to school, hired on help and informal labor as regular workers to keep their family afloat. Outside of this community, we haven't been treated well in the community in my home city. I've never been invited to Holi, Diwali apart from Hindi speaking families, or even been able to date here. These are subjective experiences, I'm just providing context.

All my firsts have been in Ohio : first kiss, first date, first time, first trek, first meteor shower, first club,etc. As a Presbyterian at a Presbyterian university, I also joined a lot of private clubs on campus and was treated with respect by members asie the occasional off-campus interfrat drunk verbal exchanges that weren't even directed at me. Church group was also inclusive and open. I regret leaving the US and the people. I thought I met the best people of my life in Ohio, unfortunately, I guess it's either that or I live in a terrible place.

TBH I feel like I've been airdropped past the users as Doom Guy in the last layer of hell here. In India, we have an extension of the Divine Comedy, there are three layers of seven sublayers of hell, all I can say is I regret everything.

I'm glad my university is now rated AA+, and its endowment has grown from 400 million to 1.3 Billion USD since I went there.

Well, those were the days.