What I love most about America...discuss

[kirsty41]

;) By way of a little balance, I was wondering what people on this site like/love about living in the US. I have been trying to think of exactly what it is about the US that has people around the world longing to live here. Then I began to think that maybe the hayday for the States passsed already. I am left with doughnuts...my favourite thing about the US is doughnuts and no Chavs.

[kirtida8]

Sorry to seem dim Kirsty - but what are chavs?
Ok what I love about the US, hmmm?

The size of the houses compared with back home; The varied landscape and wildlife; Waking up knowing its going to be a sunny day ( ok this only really applies to southern states ); you can make a go of it here more so than back home - despite the snakes in the grass; Cheesecakes.

[kirsty41]

It is said that CHAV stands for Council House And Dangerous. Teenagers and young adults who all wear sports attire and hang around in large gangs. For those of you who left the mother country some time ago, if you catch 'Little Britain' on BBC America, watch out for Vicki, she is a chav.

[Kriz1]

chavs are like copies of the black gangs that hang around areas like Boston...hip hop looking....we have a problem with the same kind of kids in the next town...

I like the same things near enough in the USA that I like in the UK...just maybe in a different order and for different reasons...apart from the sound of cricket's in late summer...I love them and miss them at first frost...

[Kriz1]

It is said that CHAV stands for Council House And Dangerous. Teenagers and young adults who all wear sports attire and hang around in large gangs. For those of you who left the mother country some time ago, if you catch 'Little Britain' on BBC America, watch out for Vicki, she is a chav.


You would of have to of left a long time ago I left my council flat over 15 years ago...and remember the Vic types well...

[Kriz1]

wiggas is the name for them here...

[kirtida8]

Thanks for the education ladies - always good to learn something new everyday LOL.

[joe]

[QUOTE=kirsty41;30829]It is said that CHAV stands for Council House And Dangerous. QUOTE]

that would make them CHAD's???????

it is Council Housed And Violent, i believe:)

Joe

[kirtida8]

that would make them CHAD's???????

Oh no I have visions of the 2000 elections and the Florida fiasco :rofl: :rofl:

[charliesmum]

I'm pretty much the same as Kay - I love our house, as we would never have been able to buy anything like this in England and we still sometimes can't believe we're living here, especially with a swimming pool in the back garden. I love the weather - yes it's hot at the moment, but it's never going to get really really cold and I hate the cold with a vengeance!!! I love the palm trees - we have them around our pool and as it's getting dark the shape of them is lovely.

I love being able to go out to eat and not worry that it's breaking the bank. I love the fact that Steve is usually home by just after lunch and we spend time together. I love that my kids have so much confidence and so many friends and there doesn't seem to be any kind of one upmannship. And I especially love that seeing groups of kids walking around doesn't make me want to put my head down and scurry past unnoticed.

Zoe

[Kriz1]

Palm trees ...I forgot them...they remind me of my holidays as a kid in the South of England...:)

[kirsty41]

Thanks Joe, my mistake.

[Kriz1]

I miss living in Council Housing....I made the best friends ever there...the happiest days of my life....and no it was not the good old days...there was Violent people...people were poor...the kids were street wise...we had gangs...but I miss the close knit life....

[kirsty41]

I lived in tied housing growing up, and it was good. No violence, maybe because mostly occupied by single parent families where the parent worked in a large Hospital. Another thing I love about being here is that my 15 year old is not pressured into drinking, drugs or sex.

[lxh11]

Things I like about living in the US:

Drive thru banks
Drive thru prescriptions
Shops open most hours, so that it's convenient to shop when I want to
Libraries - you can order a book that's been checked out, and they will mail it to you.
Selection of goods available at most any price range wether your a Walmart or Gucci person
General respect and kindness of most people
Americans on the whole are a nation who accept accept others for who you are, not your title or bank balance
A nation that celebrates success, ambition and a can do attitude, rather than an inate need to celebrate peoples misfortune.

Liz

[byjove]

I lurrrrve picking oranges from a tree and juicing it or eating it!
My neighbors are soooo helpful and friendly,
My house and land, could never have this in blighty.
School buses, no playground catiness, (yes! from ADULTS!)
Wildlife, to know when you look in a lake there is, 9 times out of 10 a gator. And eagles in the sky.
Teens who open doors or hold them open for you. And their respect (yes! mam!)

[tracifrost]

i live in florida, so again probably different for other states, but the fact that i can walk out the house, if i wanted to that is!!! with a bin liner wrapped around me and a tea-cosy on my head and NO one but NO one, would even batter an eyelid!
that i think is one of the major factors, just being what you want to be, no make-up, no style, no dress sense and people just do not care.

[peter gold]

If I saw you with a bin liner around you and tea cosy on your head I would bat an eyelid and think another crazy Brit cannot aford sun tan lotion

[tracifrost]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
peter i know, but it just seems to me that way here:rofl:

[peter gold]

Traci I agree
Going out in a pir if Union Jack swimming trunks tonight. Ladies control yourselves ( wishful thinking)

[Munish]

Union Jack trunks... Beaut!

[Kriz1]

i live in florida, so again probably different for other states, but the fact that i can walk out the house, if i wanted to that is!!! with a bin liner wrapped around me and a tea-cosy on my head and NO one but NO one, would even batter an eyelid!
that i think is one of the major factors, just being what you want to be, no make-up, no style, no dress sense and people just do not care.



Where do you live again...just so I know where all the people who have been out in the sun too long live...:D :D

[kirsty41]

Peter, the Spice Girls are back together and they are loking for OLD SPICE, I think I found him!!!

[joe]

- the most dramatic skies i have ever seen.
- clouds that defy belief with the sun poking through here and there.
- thunderstorms and lightning shows that prove disney are mere amateurs compared to nature.
- watching my kids playing in the street with their friends, then turning my back on them and going inside without constantly checking on them through the curtains to make sure they are still there.
- watching my youngest son play sports and loving the positive encouragement he gets from his coaches win, lose or tie.
watching my oldest son play center snare in his high school marching band.
- being called sir or Mr. Burns by my childrens friends, ALL OF THEM.
- enjoying the reaction of British friends who come to visit who can't work out why strangers talk to me in the street because the only time that has happened to them the stranger was holding a knife.
- wondering what i ever did to get this lucky.

Joe

[tracifrost]

;) By way of a little balance, I was wondering what people on this site like/love about living in the US. I have been trying to think of exactly what it is about the US that has people around the world longing to live here. Then I began to think that maybe the hayday for the States passsed already. I am left with doughnuts...my favourite thing about the US is doughnuts and no Chavs.
:rofl:
yes and the chavs usually wear not limited to: but usually worn together, these following items in order to qualify for CHAV status, must be worn together, so lets start from the bottom upwards:
adidas or lacoste trainers, umbro shorts, ENGLAND SHIRT with either: rooney or lampard on the back. NOW the cap is most important here, it has to BURBURY LONDON.

[kirtida8]

- the most dramatic skies i have ever seen.
- clouds that defy belief with the sun poking through here and there.
- thunderstorms and lightning shows that prove disney are mere amateurs compared to nature.
- watching my kids playing in the street with their friends, then turning my back on them and going inside without constantly checking on them through the curtains to make sure they are still there.
- watching my youngest son play sports and loving the positive encouragement he gets from his coaches win, lose or tie.
watching my oldest son play center snare in his high school marching band.
- being called sir or Mr. Burns by my childrens friends, ALL OF THEM.
- enjoying the reaction of British friends who come to visit who can't work out why strangers talk to me in the street because the only time that has happened to them the stranger was holding a knife.
- wondering what i ever did to get this lucky.

Joe


Well, said Joe - totally agree about the lightening storms - magical

[peter gold]

I may be smell like Posh Spice not Old Spice

[McSporran]

I agree with all the previous posts too...and love so many things about living here its hard to specify:
- The positive "can do" attitude of most Americans
- The fit of the national mentality to my own "work hard, play hard...and earn your keep"
- The sunshine
- Rainbows after storms (good comment re Disney v.s. Nature -Joe)
- The 24/7 ease of life...to be able to do what I want, when I want to.
- Strangers smiling and greeting each other.
I could go on and on here...but surfice to say - I LOVE AMERICA!!

[tillyberry13]

doughnuts,double bacon cheese burgers,my friends,and school:D

[SHEILA 13]

Oh to be 12 again :D

[kirsty41]

I'll second that Sheila.
I thought of another thing, parking near the shops. No extortionate car parking fees, two miles from where you need to go.

[Cassie]

Being able to park a car AND both driver & passenger can open their doors wide. I recently was back in the UK and my friend had to keep getting out of the car before I drove into the space as the door would not have opened wide enough and she is a size 12.