What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Jan 12th 2017, 10:07 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by lizzyq
There is also the little liberal bubble of State College right in the middle in Centre County.
Trump got an amazing just under 10% of the vote, which was shockingly high.PS we have cheese.
Jan 12th 2017, 11:52 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by johnwoo
Come to San Francisco, a safe haven for liberals. .... Trump got an amazing just under 10% of the vote, which was shockingly high. .....
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Jan 13th 2017, 12:04 am
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by Pulaski
.... Which voted in 2016 for a Republican senator and voted for Hilary by a much smaller margin (about 2,200 votes) than the number of voters who voted for the Libertarian and Conservative candidates (about 3,000 votes in aggregate), and in fact was taken by Hillary with less than 50% of the votes cast, so hardly a bastion of liberalism! 
Jan 13th 2017, 12:15 am
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by Pulaski
Maybe Donald Trump will put a wall around SF when he's taken care of the Mexican wall.
Jan 13th 2017, 2:43 am
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by Pulaski
Maybe Donald Trump will put a wall around SF when he's taken care of the Mexican wall.
Jan 13th 2017, 2:54 am
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
After so many years in the US it's a bigger culture shock when visiting the UK.
Jan 13th 2017, 6:57 am
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by tonrob
I think most things are poorer in quality over here: houses, cars, consumer goods, customer service, banks, airlines... I could go on and on.
Jan 13th 2017, 5:03 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
I experience a sort of culture shock when visiting the UK. The streets are so narrow and it all seems so crowded. I've been here over 40 years though
Jan 13th 2017, 7:24 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
I don't get the uniquely British obsession with masonry construction and repulsion from framed houses.
Jan 13th 2017, 7:25 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by Hiro11
I don't get the uniquely British obsession with masonry construction and repulsion from framed houses.
Jan 13th 2017, 7:47 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by Hiro11
I don't get the uniquely British obsession with masonry construction and repulsion from framed houses.
I notice that dampness in the houses when I go back to the UK
Jan 13th 2017, 8:03 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
My firm has a facility in North Kingstown RI and I was encouraged to go and see "the castles" in Newport.
Needless to say I laughed out loud at what American's consider a castle here....
Oh, and going to a renaissance fair for the first time. All these American's walking around with terrible English accents is just a scream!
Needless to say I laughed out loud at what American's consider a castle here....
Oh, and going to a renaissance fair for the first time. All these American's walking around with terrible English accents is just a scream!
Jan 13th 2017, 8:06 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by Karlosthecackle
My firm has a facility in North Kingstown RI and I was encouraged to go and see "the castles" in Newport.
Needless to say I laughed out loud at what American's consider a castle here....
Oh, and going to a renaissance fair for the first time. All these American's walking around with terrible English accents is just a scream!
Needless to say I laughed out loud at what American's consider a castle here....
Oh, and going to a renaissance fair for the first time. All these American's walking around with terrible English accents is just a scream!
Jan 13th 2017, 8:08 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by Karlosthecackle
My firm has a facility in North Kingstown RI and I was encouraged to go and see "the castles" in Newport.
Jan 13th 2017, 8:09 pm
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Re: What was the biggest culture shock when you moved to the USA?
Originally Posted by Karlosthecackle
My firm has a facility in North Kingstown RI and I was encouraged to go and see "the castles" in Newport.
Needless to say I laughed out loud at what American's consider a castle here....
Needless to say I laughed out loud at what American's consider a castle here....
It's hardly their fault the Normans never made it over here though ...
Originally Posted by Karlosthecackle
Oh, and going to a renaissance fair for the first time. All these American's walking around with terrible English accents is just a scream!
Other than it being a little historically inaccurate, I have a good time when I go. For a while, it was the only place around here where I could get a pint of cider.
