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An interesting take, from The New Yorker.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/20/a-new-citizen-decides-to-l...
I didn’t think of myself as belonging to that other, unappealing category of resident foreigner: the expat. I wasn’t here to socialize with other Brits, to regard the locals with amused disdain, then scram when it suited me.
News flash: that's exactly what she is - an expat.
I didn’t need to become a jingoistic American; I could become a wary, critical one. That, among other reasons, was why I chose to take the Oath of Allegiance. I became an American, even if I often felt that it was a weird thing for me to become, with my funny accent and my British passport. Like I said, I mumbled the oath.
Nothing like a firm commitment...