30 reasons not to live in the USA:

Angelika/Michael

1. Americans do not shy away from electing actors and cowboys as presidents of their country.

2. The unregulated teeth alone reveal that we're Europeans.

3. You no longer know your height or how warm it is outside. Inches? Feet? Fahrenheit? What?

4. Even after six years, there are still words missing from the vocabulary that every child here knows.

5. There are no cozy cafes. Worse still: People drink "to go" coffee from paper cups with a plastic lid that has a small opening. Like a sippy cup.

6. Cycling is as dangerous as hang gliding.

7. In the land of peanut butter, there are no peanut puffs to buy.

8. Dialing customer service on the phone, you can only reach clueless representatives

9. While riding public transportation, one must expect that someone might suddenly start cutting and filing their fingernails.

10. Americans can't drive

11. People asks us questions like: "Are hearts already being transplanted in Germany?

12. American women meticulously shave the hair on their legs and underarms. Those who don't participate in this are considered unrefined.

13. The uniformity of most American cities: shopping malls, highways, and typical single-family homes with double garages.

14. At the doctor's, before an examination that involves showing bare skin, you have to squeeze into a gross plastic-paper hospital gown.

15. On highways, the speed limit is 100 km/h.

16. One wastes hours on the phone with their health insurance company.

17. Welfare state - never heard of it.

18. At eight in the evening, a salesperson calls unexpectedly at home and tries to sell you a new credit card.

19. You have to answer 5 questions to order breakfast.

20. Before seeing the doctor, the receptionist asks for signatures on forms so that the doctor cannot be sued for every little thing.

21. Americans believe that it is okay to use questionable methods to save the world.

22. Almost no one works less than 40 hours a week or has more than two weeks of vacation per year. Once or twice a year, the company lays off a portion of its employees. Those affected are sometimes escorted out of the building on the same day.

23. When it storms and rains, the power in a neighborhood may go out for a few hours.

24. Every other person is driving a huge show-off car called an SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) that guzzles 20 liters of gasoline on 100km, takes up two parking spaces, and blocks everyone's view.

25. Anyone who blows their nose at the table will receive bewildered looks.

26. The American packaging craze.

27. Filling out the American tax return.

28. Many Americans believe they're alone on this planet: Or how else do you explain that it is normal to double park, shout into one's phone, or block the sidewalk because one simply must pet the cute puppy?

28. Public toilet doors are so high off the floor that anyone passing by can see you.

30. Nothing can be relied upon. Appointments - even with friends - need to be confirmed shortly before the date.