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1 month agoEnglish ‘against’ is much less flexible in this context than German ‘gegen’. A jet being ‘against’ Russia implies the jet holds a negative opinion of Russia. (c.f. English ‘what can we do about ____?’ vs. German ‘was kann man für/gegen ____ tun?’)

Having a diverse origin of inhabitants is a plus for many places. It makes them more interesting, gives more opportunities to practise language skills, etc.
I live near Manchester now and it’s great for that, although I do recognise the opposite exists, too! (I live in Bolton which has huge, not-particularly-integrated minority populations). By contrast, when I go to visit my parents in another part of England, it’s all just beige boring people that haven’t ever left this corner of the world