True, but it is IMPOSSIBLE to TRULY maintain the home country in the face of mass media, social dislocation, etc.
I never bought into the notion of multi-cultural. I don’t believe it exists, particularly for young people. Kids in Brooklyn will play in a band on a Friday night and email or post songs from the set to their friends in Italy, and it’ll play in a club in Milan on Saturday night.
We’re moving towards a uni-cultural world.