I value the international connections that I have here. The only other social media account I was ever active on was FB, and my friends were mostly, if not all, Americans, who all think alike really. I find it fascinating to see how other cultures think! I left FB for steem, because FB had become such a hostile place to me, given my questioning nature, even back more than five years ago. Here, I found many of like mind in that regard, and from all corners of the earth. It's been comforting.
I think you'd not be the only one who could say this or who has found something on Hive that was missing elsewhere. It's a nice reason to stay around.