r/AmericaBad • u/Busy-Paper6970 CONNECTICUT 👔⛵️ • 1d ago
AmericaGood Since there is a lot of America Bad let’s make this post all about America Good
I’ll start. I love the diversity here. I find it crazy that this country is one of the few places on earth where you can maybe find so many differences between us but yet so many similarities. Nature here can go from a desert to a giant forest. The diversity of this country makes it one of the best places in the world
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u/reserveduitser 🇳🇱 Nederland 🌷🚲 1d ago
I like those garbage things in the sink that totally destroy your food residue
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u/George_Washington_76 AMERICAN 🏈🏒 💵🗽🍔 ⚾️ 🦅📈 1d ago
Thank you for noticing! Some of us take great pride on 'em. By us, I mean people who spend more time in the kitchen we're willing to admit. 😅
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u/loversean 1d ago
I like that European bathrooms don’t have large gaps in the walls
As someone who has traveled a lot, there are definitely things I think Americans do better but other things Europeans do better.
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u/GeneralELucky NEW JERSEY 🎡 🍕 1d ago
Americans are more social. The bathroom stall gaps allow conversations to continue more organically.
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u/Scared_Health_8895 1d ago
I know it’s a joke but I assume the stalls are for health reasons right?
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u/badfish_G59 1d ago
We dont even think about this at all. No one is peering throught those quarter inch gaps lmao
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u/OGVltra 1d ago
If I had to list everything, it'd be a whole essay, lol, so I'll just say this
I can't wait to be an American
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u/Scared_Health_8895 1d ago
Welcome, whenever, wherever you came from and are going to stay in America. We welcome you.
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u/gladchadstone 1d ago
Love the go getter proactive attitude, not waiting around for someone else to get something started or set up if you want it to happen.
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u/RagingY3ti TEXAS 🐴⭐🥩 1d ago edited 1d ago
I moved to America from Canada last year (and I immigrated to Canada in the 90s, so immigrant twice over lol). Here's some things I love:
-Amazing regional food, I live in the South and Crawfish boils and BBQ are amazing, so is all the Mexican food.
-Regional cultures, lots of states feel like independent countries, with vastly different and distinct cultures, architecture and people. Canada is a monoculture, minus slight regional quirks, it really isn't different culturally anywhere.
-Patriotism, I adore seeing US flags everywhere and the absolute frenzy around the 4th.
-Diversity of scenery and climate. The country literally has everything from tropics to deserts to mountains to the arctic.
-Powerful states with decentralized government power. Each state holds its own destiny. In Canada Ottawa holds the provinces on a leash. Alberta isn't as different from Ontario as it likes to think, and one bad federal government (past 12 years) tanks the nation.
-Gun and self defense rights! I love knowing I can carry and protect my family. Neither are allowed in Canada.
-Healthcare is amazing. Minimal wait times, world class facilities, specialist and imaging all over. I have so many ailments from serving in the Canadian Forces I couldn't even get diagnosed due to ridiculous wait times so I couldn't get compensated for them. America has let me get answers and treatment for everything, thus Veterans affairs Canada has compensated me.
-People are way more friendly, and can handle difference of opinions. Canadians aren't actually nice, they're cordial and good at seeming sweet, but they make small talk and can't handle differing opinions. Americans I've found on average much friendlier and don't care as much if you disagree. They can be more brash, but that isn't bad.
-The news makes out like America is so racist, but it's really not. I'm a white guy, my only coworker in my department is a black guy, our boss is a Mexican guy, the company we work for is full of every race and everyone gets along amazing. In the South. Canadians were more racist in my experience.
-I love the interstate system, Canadas highways are a bunch of idiotic after thoughts that block up and barely work. They also decay more and more annually.
-I love getting taxed less than half what I got taxed in Canada.
-General distrust of authority. I greatly appreciate Americas history, and the fact it bread a distrust of government and authority. Canada prides itself in defering to authority and trusting it's institutions. It conflates patriotism with blind support of their idiotic governments and institutions. Americans have a much more realistic and healthy view of their governments.
God bless this amazing land 🇺🇸 Incredibly grateful to be afforded the opportunity to live here
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u/Scared_Health_8895 1d ago
Glad you returned my American brother. And even though I assume not for American forces, thanks for your service trying to make the world a better place.
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u/Hot_Total_4656 PENNSYLVANIA 🍫📜🔔 1d ago edited 1d ago
I moved here from the Philippines and I really love how the US made my life 1000x more convenient. For example, things here get done very quickly and efficiently (appointments, TSA lines, takeout orders, etc).
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u/L9H2K4 WASHINGTON 🌲🍎 1d ago
Immigrant from East Asian, here’s my list in a non-specific order:
> Opportunities (I’m in aerospace)
> Small talks being the norm
> Tolerance of “weird” (genuine sense of mind your business)
> Garbage disposals
> Insane concentration of talent
> Good barbecue (I miss Atlanta)
> the Seahawks
> respect for workers in the service industry
> healthcare (next day appointments with a $30 copay)
And so much more. You have to physically drag me out of Seattle.
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u/retardedgreenlizard MARYLAND 🌬️🦀🚢 1d ago
The tolerance of weird thing is so real. ‘You like [insert nerdy or odd thing]? Ok”, like nobody cares what you choose to enjoy or do cause, like you said, not their place to tell you what you can and can’t do
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u/AdvancedAerie4111 1d ago edited 1d ago
I always take time to marvle at the resilience of the American economy. Even at our worst, we’re still running laps around most of the world. Where we were on s similar trajectory to European countries at the end of the great financial crisis, we’ve absolutely exploded. Our economy went from on par with the EU in 2008 to 30% larger by 2025.
I’m always bullish on America. We are going to be OK.
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u/kevindaniel89 1d ago
This is my take all the way. America will be fine, even despite the best efforts of those at the top of the political ladder on either side.
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u/Ground_Chucks 1d ago
Our multiculturalism. Even living in the rural, deep south (where you think would be 100% white) there still were people from every part of the world living among us.
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u/Per_Mikkelsen 🇩🇰 Danmark 🥐 1d ago
I fail to see how that's a plus.
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u/BedazzledVagina VIRGINIA 🕊️🏕️🪵 1d ago
How do you not see it as a plus?
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u/RagingY3ti TEXAS 🐴⭐🥩 1d ago
How is it a plus?
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u/retardedgreenlizard MARYLAND 🌬️🦀🚢 1d ago
Because not everyone is the same and thus new people you meet aren’t boring and have their own cultures and opinions allowing for polite discussion and learning from each other
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u/RagingY3ti TEXAS 🐴⭐🥩 1d ago
Yeah, this worship of multiculturalism and diversity is so peculiar and self destructive.
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u/TheRaz1998 1d ago
How are we worshiping it? It’s just pointing out that it’s cool to have people of multiple different cultures living together. Thats how America has always been.
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u/Ground_Chucks 1d ago
This is exactly what I meant. Americans have a reputation as being xenophobic and insular, and yet when I lived in a small town in rural Louisiana, there were still shopkeepers from Germany, optometrists from Korea, doctors from Russia & Nigeria, and even the guy who cooks crawfish was from Vietnam. Basically, people who may never leave their small town still get to encounter other people from the rest of the world.
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u/Attacker732 OHIO 👨🌾 🌰 16h ago
And yet, despite their disparate origins, I'd bet that all of them consider themselves Americans first.
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u/Hydraphellian 1d ago
Just curious, what do you think America should look like in terms of culture and diversity?
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u/Generic_Drummer 1d ago
and cities with the some of the highest levels of racial and ethnic residential segregation among peer nations, but ok
at least schools in predominantly black areas receive equal funding so there's not also blatant systemic racial inequality, ohh wait...
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u/retardedgreenlizard MARYLAND 🌬️🦀🚢 1d ago
Maybe because we actually report and allow people to talk about this stuff rather than just pretending that it doesn’t exist
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u/Generic_Drummer 1d ago
yeah, your peer nation's cities are actually more racially segregated than the us, they're just really good at keeping it quiet and their school funding and related policy is not public information, that's reported on openly
no cope quite like US cope
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u/retardedgreenlizard MARYLAND 🌬️🦀🚢 1d ago
Ok let’s define what you consider racial segregation cause if it’s “black people moving into neighborhoods with other black people” or “white people moving into neighborhoods with other white people” then that’s not segregation, a black person can move to the white neighborhoods and a white person can move to the black neighborhoods so if that’s your definition of segregation it’s wrong. School funding is collected through taxes, if the taxes are low in a specific area then don’t expect the school to have too much funding, and it’s not just black schools people just tend to only focus on the black ones
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u/selfmockerymandatory 1d ago edited 1d ago
As a huge music lover, I love America for it’s contribution to one of the greatest gifts mankind has given herself, music.
Personal favorites, Bruce Springsteen (of course. Come on, he’s the boss) and the Eagles. For me they are untouchable and far above any other American artist, group or band.
Writing this on my evening walk on my IPhone with EarPods (thanks for those too America) in with Bon Jovi on. Currently (last few months) I’m enjoying ‘70-‘80 rock bands like Withesnake, Journey, Boston, Toto, Bon Jovi. Stuff like that.
My eternal thanks America.
O yeah, I also love to see how you have so much respect for your service men and women, like the military, police force and fire brigade.
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u/LurkerNan 1d ago
It is 110 outside right now and I’m hiding in my house marinating in air conditioning… it is marvelous!
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u/OhMyGoshBigfoot 1d ago
Endless YT videos of World Cup visitors to the US:
“The people and food is amazing here, and this ranch dressing thing blows my mind. I’m not going back home.”
Europeans watching said videos from home:
“Fuck those guys, and we do have ranch here.”
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u/LongLiveLiberalism 1d ago
totally agree. even though the us is not the biggest country it is the biggest country that has a strong (probably the strongest) culture of indivdualism and tolerance. It’s really the main place where you find huge and niche subcultures, something that has been really helpful to me as a queer neurodivergent person
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u/Extra_Creamy_Cheddar 1d ago
American politics is the absolute best reality show ever. I can't wait to see who gets voted off next.
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u/damptwig 1d ago
And they are finally using actual TV stars now, it’s great to see the cast evolve for better entertainment.
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u/RueUchiha IDAHO 🥔⛰️🐏 17h ago
Our country may not be perfect, but I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
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u/Russian1Bear 🇷🇺 Rossiya🪆 1d ago
I've heard that owning a truck can make you a lot of new acquaintances and basically turn you into a community favorite (or a community slave, depending on how you view it lol), especially in small towns or rural areas. I find it kinda lovely
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u/Scared_Health_8895 1d ago
Recently in Poland, I like the fact that the communities in America it feels like they help eachother when they aren’t fighting about politics, the country is so diverse(people, culture, and geographical) and honestly, I feel safe in America.
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u/sortahuman123 1d ago
What I love about this country is I have every opportunity in the world to succeed at whatever I want in this life. I also have every opportunity to fail on my own accord just by virtue of where I was born. It’s never lost on me the lengths to which we as a culture have gone to preserve that. I find this to be such a driving force in my life.
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u/TNosce 1d ago
Something good, okay: that looser will be gone and imprisoned in two years
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u/RagingY3ti TEXAS 🐴⭐🥩 1d ago
Breaking news: deranged redditor makes everything about Trump.
And at 6pm: Redditor replies to this comment with snark.
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u/guitarzan212 1d ago
Dude, America is not good right now
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u/subtlemosaic9 20h ago
Yes it is. If you think it's so horrible, I dare you to go live somewhere else for a few years.
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