What do you guys think about the USA
 

Discuss. :dance:

America is Evil Invading Iraq
with the UK.
"Yank Carpet Bombing" is Utter Evil.

Starbucks Suck.

Hm.
I like the country as a country...
like, their culture etc.
The way its run is just... awful.
Hopefully this time next year change will have come

I'd love to go there. And generally I'm a fan :)

And I disagree with arista - but I fear I'm in the minority who agreed with the invasion of Iraq.

And I don't understand the hatred towards companies like Starbucks - I can understand from the point of view of an independent coffee-store owner, but as an independent customer although the choice of outlet is depleted, the quality of the dominant outlet is (in my experience) great, so there's no problem.

Dont mind the country in particular, but their government is terrible, and they are way too paranoid about another 911.

Also, I don't like the way that LA force people to look perfect.

Theres a lot of fat people, the level of consumption on the whole is a bit gross!

I'd like to live there, and go on holiday there.
It seems like a great place, like having low insurance costs etc.

But there are many things that put me off.

went to florida in november and i loved every second. Saving to go back next year for 3 weeks :D

Totally agree!!!!

not a big fan of there foreign polices and the self absorbed people but apart from that its a great country to go to.

I find americans in general really arrogant and they think they're the best at everything when they're not

when i saw some in paris they were like "is this laaaaike sitee hawwalllll?" :|

this is general of course, there are some lovely ones like rory.

Most Americans are very cocky and they do think that they are the best at everything.

I love florida!!

Its my second favourite state.

I'd love to go there, I really want to go to New York.
But I realised I'd hate to eat there, it would make me ill. My mum made meatloaf once, never having that again!

American food is the best. :lovedup:

I like the place, I've been to San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, LA & Orlando and all of those places were nice. I really want to go to New York next year. I think the people are pretty arrogant and they stereotype loads, then again when you go, most people are really friendly. And they say "your welcome" ****k loads.

I went to New York and hated it. Starbucks, HMV, Burger King, then a junction then Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Mc Donalds - junction - Starbucks, HMV, Burger King............I stayed in the hotel for the last 3 days of the trip.

new york = over rated (apart from statue of liberty)

It made me realise how good Europe is.

not my favourite country in the world.... thats an understatement actually :s

the accents annoy me... the ugliest accents are american imo. (probably get slated for that but hey im entitled to my opinion ;))

been to NY and NJ, didnt enjoy either. the majority of the people there were rude and arrogant. not tarring all american people with the same brush but wasnt a nice trip to say the least.

oh and it annoys me when they take shows like big brother and im a celebrity. they cant leave anything alone >.<

edit: forgot to mention internet wars xD (sad i know...) but when you end up getting into an online argument and that person turns out to be american thats it. the stereotyping starts. "oh you live in england... go drink some tea and see a dentist! hahah" oh shut up you turd >.< 9 times out of 10 theyll start reeling off the sh!t about the war too... bla bla heard it all before.

You know, I actually love living here and it's the best place in the world, I wouldn't ever want to leave and go anywhere else. It's like a dream at times and it's just utterly amazing.

:rolleyes:

I always find American tourists overly polite.

What, I love the UK but the US is just a tad more better.

Doesn't the US get like Tornados and what not

I'v been to the States a few times and I loved it. The majority love the English, my accent is Kentish/Devonshire/London and again most loved that.


It probably helps that I'm cute/handsome. :wavey::whistle:

...also Americans seem to think the world begins and ends in their Country.

I haven't had one, so I'm lucky I guess, but I'm in the UK a lot so...

I think it's difficult to generalize feelings towards the whole country as it's so huge.

Like I'd love to go to New York or LA,but anywhere near the bible belt,no way.....

Also I'm really against the death penalty.

OMG Laura come over to LA. You'll ********** love it!

My aunt lives there,so I will eventually :P

Well as an American [just outside LA] who now loives in Britain there some things you need to know:

- Hollywood, is a complete **** hole
- we don't all eat meatloaf and tater tots and we're not all fat
- we're not all ignorant of other cultures
- we do not all love profession sport
- we can be what seems overtly polite to Europeans

we did BB before the UK, iirc.

to some up I like it and I do get a sense of home when i go back but personally I prefer living in London.

I hate New York.

Its too over populated.

Totally disagree :P
Obviously about the war in Iraq but specifically about yur starbucks point.
The hate for those kind of huge branded shops that take over a city is due to what they do to the local culture... ie kill it. Starbucks makes a great coffee and do it at a good price but in opening all those stores they force out ALL other coffee sellers... good and bad. From the amazing coffee places all the way down to the nasty and cheap coffee shops.. What you lose in all that diversity is English culture.... replaced with bland same-y-ness. ps I'm not just talking of coffee shops but US culture more generally too.... films, TV etc. It's why countries like France pump so much governemt cash into their film industry. Not because they like film but because they know that "culture" lives in the way we do things and having all their film and TV imported from the US will eat away at their identity. They are fighting the bland samey-ness of the US. You should too.

This right here. BBUSA came before BBUK edit. And for some people complaining that Americans stereotype the most, I've seen plenty of stereotypes here of most Americans being arrogant, fat, and ignorant. Give me a break. Regardless of culture, ethnicity, or background; people act how they act and it's not based on where they are brought up, it's based on how they want to portray themselves. :rolleyes:

The myth that all Americans are fat and stupid is about as true as the fact that all Britons drink loads of tea, have awful teeth, make awful food, and know the Queen.

Oh yeah, another myth debunked - Hollywood isn't glamorous. It's filled with wannabe actors and actresses who are looking to be discovered for their 15 minutes whilst working at Starbucks. :tongue:

I have lived in the UK for 13 years and America for 1 and I think America is much better than the UK for many reasons.

- Education in America is much better than the UK, You have to work for good grades to pass to the next one but in the UK In years 7 and 8 (and all of primary) there is nothing major that you have to work for besides some tests at the end of the year that don't matter how bad/good you did and I think Americans work for their things unlike some people in the UK that just take money off the government - If they were in America they would probably be on the street or a shelter.

- American People are a lot more nicer than people in the UK like they are always willing to help you, people are smiling more and like when you go to Walmart and they say "Have a good day" a lot of people think they don't mean it or just say it because they have too. But I think they are genuine. I am surprised that people say that Americans are arrogant, Obviously you get arrogant people anywhere but I don't think Americans are arrogant and I think people get that type of opinion from American celebrities like Paris Hilton and Heidi Pratt etc.

I hate American food though, You can't even find a nice piece of chocolate anywhere and there can be some bad weather (Luckily I am in a good part that doesn't get affected much) but overall I think its amazing! :love:

American education is better than British education?

Hold up for a sec, I have to laugh my arse off at that. :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

Ok... I'm back.

Thats the biggest load of crap I've heard on here.

The USA is known for having a shaky education system.

The grade schools in the US have one of the highest drop out rates in the world, several students fail their course work even though it is MUCH EASIER THAN BRITISH WORK.

Do your research.

Well to be honest I prefer the British education to the American system.
And you're totally right on that one BBUK4LYFE.