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Before I begin, no saying any joke answers like "obesity" for example.
It seems like every country has something fascinating about it except the us
Canada is bilingual
Mexico is mixed
Brazil speaks portuguese
Uk has the monarchy
Europe has a bunch of different countries in driving distance
Japan has Tokyo, sprawling city of technological advancement
Australia has how everyone pretty much lives on the coast.
Russia has the breakup if the Soviet Union and starting it's own country
Israel has Judaism
So if I lived in another country, what would I say about america that fascinates me? I'm at a loss here.
Before I begin, no saying any joke answers like "obesity" for example.
It seems like every country has something fascinating about it except the us
Canada is bilingual
Mexico is mixed
Brazil speaks portuguese
Uk has the monarchy
Europe has a bunch of different countries in driving distance
Japan has Tokyo, sprawling city of technological advancement
Australia has how everyone pretty much lives on the coast.
Russia has the breakup if the Soviet Union and starting it's own country
Israel has Judaism
So if I lived in another country, what would I say about america that fascinates me? I'm at a loss here.
Some of the criteria you mentioned are american as well (for example : bilingualism. I spent my last summer holiday in a city which was 80 % hispanic. Next time I'll go to Cancun, Mexico : more Americans there)
But seriously, one thing may be only american : the ideological diversity.
The gap between a conservative and a liberal is really incredible and it's one thing I like about America. Last time I brought my family to a shooting range and our american relatives (very liberals) couldn't believe it.
Actually in Europe we have the same liberals, but we don't have such libertarians and conservatives (our right-wing people are not as hefty : they are just a little bit less socialist. And in France, even our far-right party is economically socialist)
And in some conservative states, it's really fun to follow political life (for example, a candidate like Taylor Haynes in Wyoming would hardly be encountered in Europe)
*Wilderness and the landscapes; Rocky mountains, the Appalachians, New England autumn foliage, Yellowstone national park, the swamps of Mississippi and the Great plains.
*New England towns
*The tall buildings of NYC, Chicago, Philly, San Francisco etc
*The Deep south
There is lots that makes the U.S. unique, but there's no way the U.S. is more bilingual than Canada.
Well, like I said, the US does not have any language at official status where as Canada does so the comparison may not be a good one. Having lived in California my whole life however, I beg to differ.
Well, like I said, the US does not have any language at official status where as Canada does so the comparison may not be a good one. Having lived in California my whole life however, I beg to differ.
It's not the same at all. Imagine if the entire Midwest operated in a different language. With only a few English speaking Americans there. Most parts of of the Midwest would have no English speakers at all. There'd be cities of hundreds of thousands of people with basically no English speakers.
Everything in that other language.
That's Quebec.
EDIT: Linguistically speaking, Quebec is not like East LA or Santa Ana. It's more like Tijuana and Monterrey.
Well, like I said, the US does not have any language at official status where as Canada does so the comparison may not be a good one. Having lived in California my whole life however, I beg to differ.
The US is not even close to being as bilingual as Canada.
Acajack hit the nail on the head. Imagine if the entire Midwest had only a few English speakers, and had cities of hundreds of thousands that do not speak English. Imagine if Chicago and Minneapolis were French-speaking cities, with Minneapolis having virtually no English speaking minority, and Chicago having only about 10% English speakers. Imagine that all the farms and countryside didn't speak English, but people lived their whole lives there without knowing any English and having no use for it. Imagine if the whole Midwest watched TV and listened to music from France and Belgium.
Where is the version Saguenay or Trois Rivieres in California? Cities of ~150k where almost 100% are French speakers? Or Quebec City, a city of over 500k where almost the whole population speaks French? Gatineau, or Sherbrooke with over 200k people almost all speaking French? Where in California can you drive for 20 hours and only come across Spanish speaking towns and cities of 10,000 and 100,000 and 500,000 and 1,000,000?
California or Miami doesn't come remotely close to Quebec. There is no parallel in the US.
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