A person's environment shapes their entire being. Our notions of comfort, our abilities, interests and hates are constructed from where we're born and where we're raised. On the muddy fields of England, Rugby is a sport adored by millions; a child growing up along India's beaches will find much more joy in the water than an adolescent of the steep highlands of interior Papua New Guinea. I've written at length about my adoration for Northern England. What nationalistic and patriotic fervor we may cling to are borne of our relationship to the land, the dirt, the sand, snow, or mountains. My aunt and uncle moved permanently to Arizona, USA when I was 6 years old. It was always their foremost dream. My family and I have visited them a total of 5 times, and so my understanding of American life and culture was molded in the depths of that hot desert valley. As a lad, the nuances of it were a little blurred; I was enamored by the sweltering heat, the back yard swimming po...