21 Things Non-Americans Love About America
Featured 07/09/2021
For all our own issues that our hot mess of a country has to deal with, there remains plenty of things to love and cherish about the United States of America. Droves of immigrants may not have found the streets of paved gold they were looking for, but many of them found something worth staying for. And, surprisingly, it's more about the little things than anything else.
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2. "America has amazing landscapes! And to Europeans, even places Americans would typically characterize as boring can be interesting. We’ve seen so much of America in movies that even a drive through Kansas feels like weird déjà vu. ‘Wow, it actually IS like that.’"
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6. "I love that when I go to a store, the employees usually greet me and even attempt small talk, and that usually makes my day! And people will compliment others out of nowhere, and I love it. Just something I never thought of doing."
7. "Accessibility, especially for people with a disability or other mobility issues. The large parking spaces, ramps, or leveled-out floors in so many places, and wheelchair accessible rides at amusement parks. Even a lift at the swimming pool, where a person can enter the pool from their wheelchair."
9. "Googie architecture style is so good! I live in NZ and when I was a kid, I thought the USA was just like Disneyland."
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12. "I find that the big box stores in the US tend to have more and better things — especially nerd and pop culture stuff."
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13. "Doggy bags (to-go boxes/bags for leftovers at restaurants). Why don’t they do that everywhere?"
14. "Most people are super helpful and friendly. One time, I was in upstate New York, trying to call a friend to come pick me up, and my British cell didn’t work. A man stopped to check if I was okay and lent me his, an act of kindness I’ll never forget."
15. "The houses/interior design! I was born and raised in the UK but live in the US for my career in architecture and interior design. As much as I love my home country, most houses are hundreds of years old, and interior design isn’t great, unless you live in a city."
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16. "The variety of landscapes and topography that you can find within the country. I live in Florida, so when I went to California, specifically Yosemite, for the first time, it was like stepping onto another planet."
18. "Salad menus in restaurants. They are like a main meal, and there’s so much choice. Servers always ask if you want any changes to it."
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