LETTER F – Naoki Onodera, 32, sits among piles of donations at the Community Thrift Store in San Francisco, California, on June 5, 2013. Originally from Tokyo, Japan, Onodera immigrated to the United States when he was 23 to see more of the world. “When I first arrived in the U.S., it was Independence Day,” Onodera said. “It was a really sunny, bright day, and everyone was drunk walking on the street. I was pretty impressed.”