My father came from Qingdao China all the way to Boston. The reason for this was for better opportunities. This included better education, living conditions, better salary and jobs opportunities, and also to have better technology at the time. He had come from a area of China where food was scarce, there was little space to live in his apartment. Everything was shared with many people and it was hard to find freedom. He came to the United States in order to study at Fitchburg University to obtain his masters degree and finish his college education. There was more freedom in the US and everything was more advanced like the roads, trains, cars, and other infrastructure than it was in China. It gave my father a spark in his life that he never had before. Although he missed his family back home a lot, he loved America and what it offered to him. It was hard at first to adapt for him, but he never gave up on trying new things and risks. It paid off in the long run. For example, He was able to make a family here, have a high paying job in the real estate business.