I think most genuinely honest Ex EK bods will tell you that the place sucks the life and soul out of you in a variety of ways, armed with this knowledge I’d argue that you can in theory mitigate a lot of that. Does that mean I’d personally contemplate returning to EK? never in a million years would I get to that point because simply speaking there is nothing worth or worthy at EK that could get close to tempting me.
Yes a few have returned, many are from Southern African failed states along with a few victims of circumstance who have been left without a chair when the music stopped.
The numbers returning as far as I’m aware is minuscule but good luck to them, at least they are making a truly informed decision.