Sally Redux

Yes I was thinking that but you have actually taken the trouble to express it properly.

lansbury

The fact that the people in the town where I live have treated me as an equal since I arrived, and not as a newcomer with no right to be part of the town until I've lived here 40 years.

Also that Oregon is as big as the UK but with just under 4 million people living here.

tilz

1. The weather
2. Being close to skiing and to the beach
3. The choice of foods
4. People are very friendly
5. The trusting nature of the people in the area I live
6. Lack of doormen and scallies :-)
7. Right turn on red
8. The crazy cars you get like massive customised F350s etc
9. Being close to the beautiful city of San Francisco
10. Golf is brilliant
11. Price of petrol (gas:-) still cheap for a brit
12. Actually like American Football and Ice Hockey (never thought I would get into American sport but am hooked)
13. When its sunny people go walking/hiking not just sit in a beer garden
14. Walking past a park and seeing families playing not just graffiti and broken bottles

Off the top of my head thats it I will think of more though :-)

kimilseung

A lot of those are not because it is America,
some maybe your state (e.g. #2), others are your neighbourhood (e.g. #6)

edit: On #6 - I have never been asked to deposit a bag by the security in a large grocery store in the UK. I have in the US

SultanOfSwing

Number 2 can be had in France and Italy quite easily I'd imagine.

HumphreyC

When it's sunny in New England I sit in my garden and drink beer. You are obviously a lot more health conscious than I am.

Sally Redux

Somewhat selective vision, the beautiful city of San Francisco has a huge number of unfortunate homeless people not playing with their families in the parks.

SultanOfSwing

Inconsiderate so and sos ...

You'll be telling us there's gay bars there next

tilz

What happened to the OP asking for a positive thread !!
Yes there are lots of bad things too but the ask was to point out the positive ...

SultanOfSwing

I did. Airports ...

HumphreyC

True (in Northern Italy and south Eastern France) - and both are beautiful countries - but then you have the language barrier and the difficulty of an outsider breaking into the local economy (which are huge as my brother found living in France). Still if you can overcome those then great.

It's an obvious point but I will say Europe kicks North America's ass by several orders of magnitude when it comes to historic cities and diverse cultures; Prague, London, Paris, Istanbul etc etc... What I like about my part of the US, is the wild untamed aspect to it - the vast forests stretching off into the distance which are comparatively rare in Western Europe (I wouldn't say it's superior to the bucolic landscapes I grew up with in the South east of England but just different in a good way).

I guess something else I like about the country (and again this won't apply everywhere) is the diversity of people. I live in a dumpy town off the beaten path and yet the ethnic diversity and the number of different restaurants (esp Asian food) is not far off what I used to have in my old neighborhood in London. Course some people round here think that's a very bad thing indeed but I beg to differ.

Sally Redux

People talking things up.

MadRad

I am, teuchter through and through.

I'm not a great biker, I do it occasionally but it's not really my thing. I'd rather hike, but tend to overheat here in the summer!

kimilseung

Few drunks looking for a fight
Ordered crowd at the footy
Dicks burgers
Child friendly drinking establishments
(As a >21) the lack of <21 on a bender in the pub

MadRad

Colorado is a fab state. I'm a bit further south than you. I used to do a bit of climbing in Scotland but haven't for years - maybe I should take it up again. I do miss the sea though.