I'll probably get some heat for this but fuck it. I've been OCONUS for nearly 6 years now. My bank requires a US phone number. the TSP website requires a US phone number. My credit card requires a US address. Many companies don't have 24 hour phone service if I need to call them.
I'd much rather not live in the US, Americans are fat, racist and rude. there is no sense of common respect most of the time. trash is on the side of the road. people act entitled like they're the most important person in the room.
I'm not saying other countries are perfect by any means, but so many of these narcissist behaviors are magnified here, and it's so common. Not to mention the pending "civil war