What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
We can all bang on about large houses, SUVs, cheap gas, and what-have-you, but what do you like about America?
Me, for starters? Steak for breakfast! :) |
Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 12185297)
We can all bang on about large houses, SUVs, cheap gas, and what-have-you, but what do you like about America?
Me, for starters? Steak for breakfast! :) |
Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Waking up in the morning, looking through the kitchen window at the orange and lemon trees in the back yard and then a cup of coffee on the patio, watching the flocks of wild parrots pass overhead and the sun rising over the mountains in the distance. When I go out to pick up the morning paper in the driveway the smile and the wave from a neighbour
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Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 12185300)
When I lived in NJ...it was Newark Airport! .....
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Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 12185309)
I hear it's lovely in the spring time. :lol:
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Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
I enjoy how green NC can be and so i'm looking forward to spring time where I can drive along wide roads neatly lined with trees.
I'm sure i'll also enjoy having a plethora of sights to see inside the country and the ease to do so (no forex, easy to hire car etc). |
Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Larger selection of places to live offering more opportunity for affordable housing. Affordable flights and travel options. (Note I am comparing these to Canada.)
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Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
What I like about America:
1) Free Speech (no bloody hate-crime bs found in Europe and Canada) 2) Inexpensive cost of living compared to London and many other parts of the world 3) Lots of space . A person on a working class or middle class paycheck can have a detached home with 2 car garage and lots of yard space. Enough space to build things, set up a hobby shop, work on cars, store recreational vehicles etc.. Having lived in a rowhouse in London and an apartment in the Gulf, I hate living soo close to other people and not having space to do stuff. |
Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Originally Posted by Boomhauer
(Post 12185420)
A person on a working class or middle class paycheck can have a detached home with 2 car garage and lots of yard space.
But to say "A person on a middle class paycheck can have a detached home with 2 car garage and lots of yard space" is true. |
Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 12185297)
We can all bang on about large houses, SUVs, cheap gas, and what-have-you, but what do you like about America?
Me, for starters? Steak for breakfast! :) Smokey little rib shacks, and Taco street vendors! |
Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Being able to park so easily at Publix compared to shoe horning my car into Tesco car park.
Also seeing cheeky raccoons and possums. |
Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
In general, it'd be the natural world. In New York State I see bears, coyotes, moose, sugar maples and other spectacular fall foliage, loads of spectacular butterflies (monarchs & swallowtails for instance.) Red squirrels, flying squirrels and chipmunks on my deck. All kinds of peepers and tree frogs. Katydids. House crickets :unsure:. Birds (chickadees, robins, orioles, various warblers and finches for starters.)
We have rivers and ponds galore, many close to our house. And a lot of US ponds are bigger than the average British lake.. Wildlife downsides include mosquitoes, deer flies, black flies ..... |
Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
My, 12 posts and still on topic, only in America :sarcasm:
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Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
The National Parks (especially Bryce and Zion)
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Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 12185454)
In general, it'd be the natural world. In New York State I see bears, coyotes, moose, sugar maples and other spectacular fall foliage, loads of spectacular butterflies (monarchs & swallowtails for instance.) Red squirrels, flying squirrels and chipmunks on my deck. All kinds of peepers and tree frogs. Katydids. House crickets :unsure:. Birds (chickadees, robins, orioles, various warblers and finches for starters.)
We have rivers and ponds galore, many close to our house. And a lot of US ponds are bigger than the average British lake.. Wildlife downsides include mosquitoes, deer flies, black flies ..... |
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