16 people on things they couldn't believe about America until they moved here

[VCheng]

An interesting read:

16 People On Things They Couldn’t Believe About America Until They Moved Here | Thought Catalog

 

[EagleEyes]

America is overrated.

 

[Levina]

My favs were these

Children are expected to leave the house by the time they turn 18
Eating desserts after dinner.
Not staying with relatives.
Babies made to sleep in a separate room from the time of their birth.


And this was hilarious

• Online money transfer between bank is done via cheque – In USA (at least in PA), whenever I want to transfer money to someone, the bank will issue a cheque and post it to the address of the cheque recipient. The recipient will then cash in the cheque. This procedure will take few days normally and applies even to customers who transfer money to another customers within the same bank.
• However, in order to get a credit score, you need to get a loan e.g car financing. In order to get a loan… well… you need a credit score (notice the circular reference). Your credit score can also be created by using credit card. You just need a credit score to apply for a credit card.

 

[manojb]

You drive on Parkway and you park on driveway!!! Only in america!

Welcome back @VCheng

 

[VCheng]

America is overrated.

Yes. USA is a has-been rotting place not worth coming to or even applying for a visa. /sarcasm.

 

[OrionHunter]

Dependence on GPS – I knew people who went to office everyday since the past 5 years and could not tell their way without a GPS. It was amazing! I made some friends there and they were so impressed that I could tell my way back to their home without help from a GPS.

No wonder the Yanks lost their way in Afghanistan!!!

 

[VCheng]

No wonder the Yanks lost their way in Afghanistan!!!

Forget Afghanistan, even TRAINS get "lost" on the East Coast:

Train Heading to NYC Ends Up in Philly Suburbs | NBC 10 Philadelphia

 

[boomslang]

America is overrated.

I'll buy you a ONE WAY ticket back to pakistan if you don't come back. Seriously.

 

[EagleEyes]

I'll buy you a ONE WAY ticket back to pakistan if you don't come back. Seriously.

Not a good enough offer.

 

[boomslang]

Not a good enough offer.

I'll pay for your cab to the airport, too.

 

[EagleEyes]

I'll pay for your cab to the airport, too.

That's weak.

 

[boomslang]

That's weak.

Burger King drive through on the way ? It's Whopper Wednesday.

Anyway, there was some pretty funny stuff in there.

 

[livingdead]

Burger King drive through on the way ? It's Whopper Wednesday.

Anyway, there was some pretty funny stuff in there.

why do you want him go, america may be overrated, but vastly better place to earn money than south asia...

 

[boomslang]

why do you want him go, america may be overrated, but vastly better place to earn money than south asia...

Just to 'earn money' ? The shear fact that we don't squat over a hole in the floor to take a dump make the U.S. a 'vastly better place', period. I'd like to see a thread,
16 people on things they couldn't believe about Asia/ Middle East until they moved here.

I think that would be shocking.

 

[elis]

A lot of couples adopt children, sometimes in spite of having their own, and treat them exactly like their own. (To me, this alone is a marker of a great people)

Don't think it's good it's the pedophile lobby, like in France who do it

We have zionists who say clearly they love sex with children and they are not thrown in prison