I had this experience in Israel. Went there, gazed around agog for days, shocked by how insanely hot all the women were in comparison to what I was used to back in the States. And then I realized that it was not that I had found a wholly-new species of human, but that nearly all of the Israeli women were svelte and took care of themselves fitness-wise. Nearly none were obese, or even overweight, nor out of shape (And also had better, less entitled personalities as well.).

And it turns out that makes a large damn difference, more than you can even imagine before you experience it.