[AskEurope] Fellow Europeans, what is the aspect of USA lifestyle that surprises you the most? - eviltoast

First of all, let’s try to avoid American-bashing, and stay respectful to everyone.

I’ll start: for me it’s the tipping culture. Especially nowadays, with the recent post on !mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world with the 40% tip, it just seems so weird to me to have to pay extra just so that menu prices can stay low.

  • bouh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You have large cities separated by vast empty lands. A good train network would be much faster and much more efficient.

    In cities it’s even worse. Cars are the least efficient way to organise a city or travel in it.

    The only thing you optimize with cars is individualism.

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      1 year ago

      This doesn’t take into account the amount of suburbia in the US though. European cities are way more dense. If you’re in a neighborhood out in the suburbs the only option is really to drive.

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        1 year ago

        Not with proper public transports. Suburbs are also far better with public transports than cars.

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        1 year ago

        Even in small cities you are kinda dependent on a car but you are able to drive to the closest train station and use the train to get to the next bigger city. In North Carolina (USA) I made the experience that the train is often not an option to get to the next bigger city or so expensive it is not worth it on a travel budget.

        I enjoyed the speed limit on your highway’s.