I mean the other 2 countries, Canada and Mexico, how similar are both of them to United States?? Both countries have a similar economy and democracy etc, and I think those two countries share things like supermarkets, stores, etc. I suppose the cultural differences are not a lot, that is very nice.

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    I’ve stepped foot in about 39 States and can agree. There’s an incredible amount of diversity in the United States.

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      I’ve lived in every corner of the country, but not the flyovers, and all I can say is that you are completely correct.

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      Yes, so much diversity in your culture of strip malls and and suburbs.

      inb4 someone names one of five cities with unique architecture in America.

      Also, I’m Canadian so this is self-deprecating. We gutted our cities 80 years ago and turned them into boring asphalt wastelands. I can see that at an intersection not too far from my apartment, where one tall, beautiful building from 100 years ago still remains, but on every other corner is a gas station, a car dealership, and a parking lot. And the streets that were once walkable and pleasant are now stroads with ridiculous traffic patterns that were widened to make way for more car traffic. I know this because an old photograph of the same area is painted on the side of an electrical box near that intersection.

      Edit: lmao, got ‘em

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        My dude, I hate to say it, but your inexperience with the US is showing. People from Kentucky are a COMPLETELY different animal than people from Cali. Hell, Cali is so big the northern part of the state is just SO crazy different from from southern areas. Some guy from Chicago is going to be so utterly different from someone from UP Michigan it’s hard to believe they’re from the same country.

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          It’s funny that person assumed I’m American, as well. Born and raised in London, UK, yet lived in America for a number of years.

          My outlook is entirely from an outsider perspective, and the differences in culture is very, very evident like the examples you mentioned.

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          I’m so tired of hearing Americans yap on like this. So, so tired. Does anyone else notice this? How they defend their different cultures found in each state by pretending they’re as dissimilar as European countries are from each other?

          Especially when I’m talking about architecture and cities. Bleh.

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            You can almost literally drive from Paris to Moscow and back in the same distance as it takes to get from Los Angeles to New York. You think it’s impossible for a country as large as the United States to have unique subcultures?

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              European cultures had time to develop before travel was easy, so in practice they were much further apart in terms of culture spread. The territorial size argument here doesn’t work.

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                Of course you’re right, because the US was entirely vacant before a single unified culture simultaneously migrated to all corners of its borders. Weirdly enough, that happened after the advent of trains, cars, planes, the internet, etc. so there was no opportunity for pockets of subculture to develop.

                Totally negates my point! I should have thought of that. Embarrassing.

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            I’m so tired of hearing pretentious douchebags yap on like this. So, so tired. Does anyone else notice this?

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            What, pray tell, is your definition of culture? Are local cuisine and regional delicacies a part of it? How about accents, speech patterns, and slang/dialects? You mention architecture and cities, so do layouts of cities, differences in urban planning ideologies, planned vs organic growth, or style of buildings get accepted as culture?

            If you’re going to dismiss any social differences between cities, then what is the difference or culture between any two modern cities in Amwrica, Europe, Asia, or anywhere else, other than the language they speak?

            “If you ignore the culture, this city has no culture!”

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              Everyone knows the only definition of culture is what year your city was founded and therefore how many old buildings it has. Oh and If you need to leave city center to see the ruins of the structures Europeans destroyed during colonization it doesn’t count. Only old buildings you can see from a tour bus counts as culture, duh.

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            Yes is the simple answer to your question. The cultural differences can be dramatic.

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        What a horrible take - you clearly haven’t traveled much, abroad or even in your own country. Diversity and culture is more than architecture. Do you believe that Toronto is similar to Ontario? There’s definitely a percieved lack of “culture” in America but to believe it’s ubiquitous is just hilarious

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        Yes, so much diversity in your culture of strip malls and and suburbs.

        inb4 someone names one of five cities with unique architecture in America.

        There’s a lot more to culture than architecture.