USA. All subtleties

Konstantin, an expert on international relations, a teacher, blogger, winner Green Card and a resident of California, has been practicing English for 23 years. For more than 7 years he lived and worked in the USA, and his Instagram gathered more than 340,000 subscribers in just 2 years!
at the age of 19, I decided that my time had come to conquer the peaks, and swung at America itself. I flew into the country of my dreams in anticipation of inevitable success. It was only $ 200 in the pocket, but it seemed to me that for a start it was enough ... I must say right away that America did not meet me with open arms. She decided to check me for strength.
At first I lived in a smelly house with cats and ferrets, and in a trailer with bugs, and in the basement with cockroaches. I had to learn to survive. I walked on foot on a hot highway in search of at least some work. Years passed, and America nevertheless accepted me. I married an American, moved to California and began a new life.