Though I get your point, people tend to change in response to their setting. The anecdote seems to hold true often because most people spend very long periods of their life without being influenced by a major catalyst of change.
I have had my life uprooted so often and continue to replicate it willingly, so I'm still operating on my baseline despite constantly chasing different careers and locales. If I ever settle somewhere permanently, I'll probably lose my mind, get stupid, become conservative, and think myself wiser for it. Hopefully the cigarettes kill me before then.
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