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30 reasons to live in the USA:
Angelika|Michael
1. It's easy living here as a foreigner in a town with more than 50% foreigners.
2. Complete strangers spontaneously give compliments about the pretty earrings, the colorful T-shirt, the stylish haircut...
3. Finally, one understands the lyrics of popular pop songs correctly the first time. Usually a bitter disappointment.
4. The ocean is right at our doorstep.
5. Long day at the office? No problem, the supermarket around the corner is open until midnight and has everything you need for a homemade culinary dinner. If it gets later, there's one five minutes away by car that's open all night.
6. Speaking a foreign language fluently elicits storms of enthusiasm and deep admiration among Americans.
7. Managers in the company are immediately fired if they turn out incompetent.
8. At the post office, the bank, the airport counter, and government offices, there's only one line for all counters: no more standing in the line that moves the slowest!
9. Menus at restaurants are well-intentioned suggestions, not mandatory requirements.
10. The invention of the Ziplock bag: Freezer bags that can be resealed infinitely.
11. If a screw or a specific tool is missing during DIY projects, you can buy both at four in the morning at the "Home Depot" hardware store.
12. If you change your career multiple times, you are not considered a failure but rather flexible and innovative.
13. One can join the conversation when discussing culinary delights such as "Pho," "Chai Latte," "Hamachi," "Guacamole," "India Pale Ale," or "Sake."
14. One becomes a master of "small talk" because everyone talks to you: the cashier at the supermarket, the clerk at the post office, people riding with you in the elevator.
15. The unbroken optimism of the Americans: Everything is possible, everything goes.
16. The German accent of fairly decent English speakers, such as Campino from Die Toten Hosen, becomes apparent.
17. You can be ironing laundry during TV shows and still catch everything.
18. When paying by debit card at the supermarket, you can get cash back and replenish your wallet as you would at an ATM.
19. As an exotic, it's less silly to be German.
20. In the supermarket, you don't have to pack your purchased goods into bags yourself.
21. There's TiVo (Rundbrief 05/2001)
22. To the question 'How are you?' one can respond with 10 different answers.
23. Even in December, shorts are usually not too cold.
24. From March to October, there's not a single drop of rain. None. Zero. Nyet.
25. Even in the upscale restaurant, the waiter does not roll his eyes if you're wearing sneakers.
26. Enjoy beef without BSE fear. Thick, bloody grilled steaks. Hmm.
27. Americans approaches rules and regulations pragmatically. If the street is clear, one crosses on red.
28. Something is always "on sale."
29. In the workplace, you call the boss by their first name and can drop by anytime to ask questions.
30. The city of San Francisco - what else?
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