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Every state has its quirks, but the United States has a fewer that permission radical — some Americans and non-Americans alike — shaking their heads. From chaotic healthcare to sugary bread, we asked radical to stock the things they deliberation the US consistently gets wrong. Here's what they had to say:
1. "My mom's cousin, who grew up successful Canada, present lives successful Grosse Pointe, Michigan, with his wife, who claims she's a true-blue Democrat. We went to sojourn them successful the 1990s. We went connected a rollerblade circuit with their daughter, and I inactive retrieve getting stopped everyplace and being asked for ID earlier we could spell in. This included nationalist parks, the beach, and a swimming pool. These cousins travel up to Canada frequently, and I've tried to inquire them aggregate times wherefore they deliberation it's good that erstwhile they sojourn us, they tin spell wherever they privation and nary 1 asks them to beryllium they beryllium there. But if I privation to sojourn them, I can't adjacent spell to the parkland without them. Basically, the reply is that Grosse Pointe is adjacent to Detroit, and they don't privation the 'poors' coming successful and doing mediocre radical things connected writer that affluent radical grew. Again, these are radical who assertion they emotion Obama and ballot Democratic."
2. "Why the hellhole is determination ever a one-inch spread astir the doors successful nationalist toilet stalls? No 1 wants to glimpse different radical taking a dump, and they surely bash not privation to beryllium seen portion dumping!"
—Anonymous, United Kingdom
3. "School shootings. The United States is the lone state wherever it happens connected a regular basis."
4. "I'm precise amazed that portion radical present successful the US emotion their 7-plus percent yearly concern returns, they marque nary transportation that it has a batch to bash with each the radical consenting to travel present to work. Check retired immoderate of the stats for countries with precise restrictive migration — their maturation rates and banal markets — and archer maine you bash not similar immigrants."
—Anonymous, Texas
5. "What successful the existent fuck is Cyber Monday? Why bash you person Black Friday connected Friday, Black Friday income connected Saturday and Sunday, and past thing called Cyber Monday? Should I presume cipher works Thursday done Monday and takes an ultra-long weekend? It's truthful adjacent to Christmas, truthful what's the point?"
6. "Coming backmost from an advertisement interruption conscionable to get the goodbyes and extremity credits of TV shows! So ridiculous."
—Anonymous, United Kingdom
7. "I'm from America, and to beryllium honest, determination are truthful galore things we could bash better, but the biggest country of accidental is enactment ethic. I person visited different countries, and I person ne'er seen truthful galore whiny adults arsenic I person successful my ain location country. The 'why bash I person to work' cognition is wild. How other are you going to bargain nutrient and shelter? I hatred to accidental it, America, but we (myself included) are truthful spoiled."
—Anonymous
8. "'Price tag says $5.75, that seems reasonable, I'll number retired the nonstop magnitude present and usage up immoderate of my useless coins earlier flying home.' Gets to register 'Thanks, sir. With income tax, that'll beryllium $7.12.' Just see the taxation successful the listed terms similar everyone other successful the world!"
9. "Health insurance. It's absurd to person it tied to employment. Lost your occupation and privation to support sum for your household of four? COBRA is much than the mortgage. Very achy to wage that."
—Anonymous, Washington
10. "Your obsession with owning a weapon — it has the other effect of self-protection."
—Anonymous, Scotland
11. "This state uses truthful overmuch integrative for packaging. It's honestly nasty and truthful wasteful. From h2o bottles to gallons of milk. Gross."
—Anonymous, Arkansas
12. "Major highways spell close done a city. Why are determination nary lanes going astir it? Portland, Oregon, is the worst."
13. "Rude, assertive children."
—Anonymous
14. "Arrogance — they truly are brainwashed into reasoning they are 'the champion state successful the world.' It's shocking however unsighted they are."
—Anonymous, Canada
15. "You forgot astir however saccharine and sugary each of the nutrient is, particularly the bread."
Do you hold oregon disagree? Or, bash you deliberation they missed something? We privation to perceive what you'd adhd to the list. Tell us: What does the US get wrong?
Note: responses person been edited for length/clarity.
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