[Livia]

Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

Yes, we're actually better than you at something!

Yes... criticising other countries. which is odd when you think that only a tiny fraction of Americans will ever visit another country.

[cub]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yes... criticising other countries. which is odd when you think that only a tiny fraction of Americans will ever visit another country.

Only because they don't need to. In the US you can ski, surf, sunbathe, visit lots of different cultures - you cannot do that in most other counties. Where can you sunbathe in December in the UK?

When I move to New York (one day) I'll never leave the US again.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by cub

Only because they don't need to. In the US you can ski, surf, sunbathe, visit lots of different cultures - you cannot do that in most other counties. Where can you sunbathe in December in the UK?

When I move to New York (one day) I'll never leave the US again.

exactly. Traveling between states in the US, is like traveling between countries in Europe. Most countries in Europe are more comparable to the size of a US state. And until recently you didn't even need a passport to travel to Canada. So North America as a whole, is much bigger than Europe, and you didn't even need a passport to go anywhere on the entire continent.

New York on the east coast of the US is as culturally different to Los Angeles on the west coast as London is to Rome.
Turkey is closer to the UK than Florida is to Alaska.

Europeans don't realize how culturally diverse the USA is.

[Angus]

Originally Posted by lostalex

exactly. Traveling between states in the US, is like traveling between countries in Europe. Most countries in Europe are more comparable to the size of a US state. And until recently you didn't even need a passport to travel to Canada. So North America as a whole, is much bigger than Europe, and you didn't even need a passport to go anywhere on the entire continent.

New York on the east coast of the US is as culturally different to Los Angeles on the west coast as London is to Rome.
Turkey is closer to the UK than Florida is to Alaska.

That may well be true, but who wants to see just a reproduction or facsimile of a country or a landmark? I want to see the real thing! I've been to Alaska which is a unique and beautiful place, but I could just as easily compare south central Alaska to Sweden as they are very similar. Doesn't mean I don't want to see Sweden though! I've been to San Francisco and sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge, I've seen the Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, the Dancing Fountains and Las Ramblas in Barcelona, the Colisseum and the Vatican City in Rome, St Mark's Square and the Canals of Venice, the Parthenon in Greece and a thousand other marvellous and unique places in the world - I would never be satisfied with poor copies.

Also I live in London which is jam packed with historical sights and landmarks and you can replicate them all you want but that's all they would ever be, replicas.

But hey, if you're easily pleased and don't want to travel, that's your choice and your loss.