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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In many of the responses I can tell which part of the US they visited by the things they list as weird. It's funny that they think the entire country is like some particular city or area.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 108 points 2 months ago (11 children)

American flags everywhere. Like EVERYWHERE. I get a bit of national pride but holy crap, every other house in the street is flying a flag, clothing has flag patterns, bumper sticker American flag, it's everywhere. And no, it wasn't even close to July 4.

It's like Americans are afraid they might forget what country they're in if they aren't in sight of a flag at all times.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago (6 children)

First thing I (another Canadian) noticed when we switched from the car to a shuttle to the airport (crossed the border by car to take a flight to Florida) was that there were multiple people on that shuttle that were at least as big as the most obese person I'd ever seen in person up to that point.

Even though our cultures overlap quite a bit, there's something different in that aspect.

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