People Online Listed 30 Things Americans Are Familiar With, But Europeans Can’t Relate To

Yes, not everything the US has that Europe doesn't is something to be proud of.

The Grand Canyon is so big that it only looks like a canyon in certain places. I prefer narrower canyons (Walnut Canyon is also in Arizona and is less crowded).

America, your wildlife is awesome. Treasure it.

Yeah, we're not short on space in Norway, either..

The US fridges I've seen have been the same size as I'm used to from Scandinavia.

Russian Man gives Florida Man a run for his money.

Mourning doves are rural areas' pigeons, but much, much nicer to have around. They are monogamous and mate for life, and their call is lovely.

ranch dressing is absurdly easy to make

Now I wonder what ingredients we don't have here?

Well, in some of the countries there are 'green arrows' under the red light meaning that conditionally you might turn right on red IF there's no traffic you'd interfere with. I believe it's basically the same.

Drive-in liquor stores, pharmacies, food.....I'd trade in all those drive-ins in for drive-in movies. Wish they would come back everywhere like it used to be!

I tried it once. It tasted like cough medicine that had been carbonated. No thanks.

Free diabetes as well.

I do wonder sometimes if having a high drinking age or even maybe just having an age restriction at all possibly does more harm than good. Not saying we should be giving our children shots or anything but just making it such a taboo and not really discussed thing in family life outside of don't do it. When people finally can drink whether legally or through just having the means we typically overdo it and don't have a good sense of how to moderate (or want).

maple syrup is CANADIAN,

I had one, once in Melbourne, I turned it on to play around with it, but never used it. I can just walk and scrape my plate into a regular bin just fine 😆

In Norway we call them side by side fridges. I live in Denmark currently and there's too much limescale in the water, so they're very rare here. Common at home, though.

I live in Florida and without AC you could die of heat stroke. It’s not throughout the entire country though. When I went to Carmel (near Monterey) they didn’t have AC. As a Florida girl I was shocked.

Flies, mosquitos, palmetoo bugs, gnats, deer flies, wasps, etc. Some parts of the US have monumental insect populations, or at least, they did before pesticides were used everywhere.

Australia has run out room? That doesn't sound right

American house is like barn in the Europe. Made of wood. LoL 😂

British person here, bi-weekly definitely doesn’t mean twice a week here. It means fortnightly or every 2weeks. We don’t really have a word for twice weekly in colloquial English.

6% is rather low. Most places are 8-10% sales tax.

However, the bad thing is that college sports raise millions in profits, but amateur sportspeople don't get any of it.

Why are they trying to spread jelly on the peanut butter like a sociopath.

much bigger people too ! lol

Another solution to oversized proportions: share it with hungry people. My favourite memory about that: I handed a panhandler some food, warned "It's Thai food, it's pretty spicy". He gave me a big grin and said, "I loooove Thai food". Hell, if I'm ever starving, I hope someone gives me their leftover sashimi.

I will say the plus side of bigger portions is you can take it home and eat on it for days without having to buy anything else, that is always nice

"For the past 8 weeks, I have been amazed while food shopping in SW Europe, including France, Spain, and Portugal. Fruits and vegetables are 30-50-70 percent less expensive, and usually, they are organic and much better quality (flavorful and aromatic). Poultry has been 30-50 percent less costly, and seafood is extremely fresh, with much local variety, far better quality, and 50-75 percent less expensive." 1/People eat what is produced locally. 2/People eat what is seasonal. 3/Local farmers sell their products to local markets. 4/European food doesn’t have set sizes and color requirements.5/Buyers in Europe expect fresh, excellent quality, and they won’t settle for less. 6/If you are able to shop at the local market in Europe (which exists in every small town) instead of a large grocery store, the food is often less expensive. STEVEN MASLEY . MD.

GMOs are now present in 75 to 80 percent of conventional processed food in the U.S., according to the Grocery Manufacturers Association.

Our food proportions are out of control. I used to eat everything in restaurants because of guilt. As children we’re made to feel guilty if we don’t finish our plate. Now I just east until sated and leave the rest. I feel so guilty though lol

When I waited tables in a place that got a lot of European tourists they were almost always shocked by the size of the portions. I would almost always say, "I assumed you wanted the child's portion" to get a laugh.

Generally the USA is regarded as having poor food quality. America bleaches eggs so that they have to be stored in a refrigerator, processed food is full of additives that are banned in Europe and have the only function of making the food look good and chicken is chlorinated. In 1989, the European Union banned the importation of meat that contained artificial beef growth hormones approved for use and administered in the United States. GMOS are banned. chlorinated chicken is banned.

I've lived in the USA my entire life and get children's sized portions or meals, whenever possible. It's more than enough.

I’d rather have a smaller portion of better quality food, but the restaurant executives never asked for my opinion. Quality has gone down greatly and prices have gone up, we almost never bother eating out anymore.

Smaller portions of food is better. Having a large portion of food at restaurants etc, means America has a lot more of a struggle with obesity than other countries

That's one thing I'll never get…In Europe American tourists are always complaining about the food sizes. Too small for them. In the US, one food order is enough to eat of for two days as a couple…

One of the worst "simple" things about this country in my opinion.

Said Karen, 43, bachelor, 198 kg

Yes and yet the UK is world renowned for eating stupid amounts of fried fat meals and massive booze Consumption. They are no better

And fat people walking down the street

Well, by now it is a white peace flag, since the original colors have faded-out.

24 Countries With Better Infrastructure Than America (https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-with-better-infrastructure-2013-3?IR=T ) While the U.S. benefits greatly from the sheer size of its economy, excellent universities, flexible labor markets, and innovative businesses, it's falling behind on the overall quality of infrastructure. The U.S. ranked 25 in this category, falling behind countries like Saudi Arabia, Spain, and South Korea. France ranks 1st for quality of roads and 4th for quality of railroads. It ranks in the top 30 for all categories and fourth for overall infrastructure. Source: World Economic Forum

Ruined by Hershey bars. They are grim.

Why is that? What's the point of the 110V?