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mmm as a pennsylvania-born human being i think i can help a bit (im basing all this off the things i know abt the area i live in)

school...idk, i dont go to a normal school

fashion- honestly you can wear anything, but some people are rly rude and will infact make fun of your every move if they dont like what u look like

friends - i dont rly have any so idk

living in generallll,,,,,theres actually some cool things to do in pa as a sort of weekend trip or something, but ive also never lived literally anywhere else so idk how different itll be

i hope literally any of this helped!

I moved to America from England when I was 9, but that was such a long time ago (1997) that I don’t think any of my insights would be useful, especially since I haven’t lived in America for over 10 years (I moved back to England). I’ll tell you one thing that confused us when we first moved, which may not be relevant to Israel: we thought that all stores which had shopping carts outside were grocery stores, so we thought Target was a grocery store. We went in to get food and we were very disappointed by the limited selection of food You might have similarly weird things like that happen to you, where you misunderstand how something works. Don’t feel bad about it. It happens

Expect quite a lot of culture shock at first. What I recall from both moves is that it was mostly lots of constant small differences that messed with me. Things like light switches being on the inside vs outside of rooms. You might be able to find posts online from people who’ve moved from Israel who will have a better idea of what the differences are. Also, making friends with other immigrants can be helpful and can make you feel less alone.