Non US Giant Bomb duders - what do you miss about the US?

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

" i love the shit America produces, but im never laying a foot on that godforsaken country's soil.. you cant get me to do it even if you pay me

 so i wont be there to miss anything

"

You live in Israel, so you're already living on the 51st State of the United States. 

OH NO HE DIDN'T!! 

*shit storm brewing in 3...2...*

" @Ahmad_Metallic said:

" i love the shit America produces, but im never laying a foot on that godforsaken country's soil.. you cant get me to do it even if you pay me

 so i wont be there to miss anything

"

You live in Israel, so you're already living on the 51st State of the United States. 

OH NO HE DIDN'T!! 

*shit storm brewing in 3...2...*

"

Good list.

I was in Boston a few times. The thing that I miss most was that the people were really friendly. My sis was living in Southy which was meant to be pretty rough but I had a blast. The people were sound. maybe it's just cause I'm Irish? We have giant chocolate eggs at easter in the UK and Ireland cause its an old norse fertility festival.

I miss 89 cent 3 liter soft drinks, cheap gasoline, and cheap cheese.

I do live in the US, and know this doesn't pertain to me... but didn't realize there were this many Canadi(e)(a)ns?
so....

I traveled over 10000 (yes ten thousand) kilometers (or kliks as they say)  through Canada last summer in just over a month, and a few things struck me as odd. (First of all, I love your country.. always have) But, If you smoke, you will go broke... (especially up by Inuvik, NWT and Tuk) literally $32 for a PACK of cigarettes, which is somewhat understandable given the location. Beer was fricken insanely priced.. and it didn't matter if you got cheap crap or good crap.. it was all pretty much the same price :( (I would love if anyone knows where I can import Yukon Red / Gold though..loved it)  Also gas prices in those areas were between $6-7 a gallon. (we drove a big conversion van so $150 tanks was the norm) I also noticed that there wasn't as many cheap meats or large packs of meats in grocery stores... there was usually a few kinds, but they're super expensive. And Mountain Dew.. eventually we came across some in larger cities.. but Coke and Sprite seemed to reign supreme.

I did notice that pretty much everywhere we went had great taxi service, and one of the coolest bars with awesome people (Thank you Filthy McNastys in Edmonton) Old dudes smokin joints outside at 3pm.. the ability to just pull over and camp pretty much anywhere (in northern canada) Including some of the most badass looking water around Banff parks and north..  to sum it up.. it was unforgettable.. just wanted to write about a few things I learned.  hmmm maybe I should blog this instead w/pictures. :p  EDIT: oh and it was funny sharing a pack of Marlboros with a few of the locals.. they didn't know what they were, or what they tasted like.. it's understandable.. but funny nonetheless.... (oh and Export A's i think they're called.. have gnarly pictures of gross shit on the packs.. maybe something we should consider doing here)

" @Enigma777: If it helps, Cadbury's was bought out by some cheese making company from America, so now the English chocolate has gone to hell too :DWait.That doesn't help at all D: "

Most of the stuff exists here in Aus. But then we lose Mortal Kombat D=

We don't have Poptarts though, gotta import those from the US. Why did you take away our poptarts!

Oh well, i know a store that imports US food, all good!

This guy and his awesome truck... even though our trucks were better

" @Blair said:

" @FourWude said:

" @Ahmad_Metallic said:

" i love the shit America produces, but im never laying a foot on that godforsaken country's soil.. you cant get me to do it even if you pay me
 so i wont be there to miss anything
"

You live in Israel, so you're already living on the 51st State of the United States. 

OH NO HE DIDN'T!! 

*shit storm brewing in 3...2...*

"

Unnecessary bullshit comments are highly abrasive and deserving of such recoil, however I don't need another argument right now.  Simply recognize that I am vehemently opposed to your perspective, however I have insufficient inclination to invest the time required to successfully modify it.That is all.  :) "

Take your verbosity and shove it up your ass. You obviously took your time to reply and cared enough. 

That's me caring by the way.

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I don't need to visit Israel. There are plenty of cults in the US I can visit.

The ribs

How do you not have root beer in the UK? You poor, poor souls!

New York delis.

TRIX

" i love the shit America produces, but im never laying a foot on that godforsaken country's soil.. you cant get me to do it even if you pay me

 so i wont be there to miss anything

"

" @pickassoreborn said:

• Slurpees
• More than one flavour of Pop Tarts - I witnessed with my own eyes a whole section of Pop Tart goodness.
• "New episodes of television shows." Although there's this thing called "the internet" which fixes that problem.
• Cheap videogames. Videogames which cost a reasonable amount of money?
• "Places where you can get everything in one place."
• Halloween Stores. The ones which open up temporarily and give me delights and scares. I would love to get a US house so I can ridiculously decorate it in Halloween interactivity.

 Man, I live in the UK and these things confuse me, since we have all these? :S "

I am moving to Canada in a few months, so this is what I will probably miss:

-cheap food
-Amazon prime with free two day shipping and good deals on everything
-Netflix instant watch with it's pretty large library
-good Internet with reasonable bandwidth caps and no throttling.
-Hulu

Yeah, that's all I can really think of.

" I am moving to Canada in a few months, so this is what I will probably miss: -cheap food -Amazon prime with free two day shipping and good deals on everything -Netflix instant watch with it's pretty large library -good Internet with reasonable bandwidth caps and no throttling. -Hulu Yeah, that's all I can really think of. "

I moved to china for 5 years. No Dr. Pepper, Starbucks, multi-cultural food, higher quality schools, good milk, REAL HOTDOGS, those triple slurpees Target used to make that were also on megas XLR, Trader Joes, and steak.

" @Ahmad_Metallic said:

" i love the shit America produces, but im never laying a foot on that godforsaken country's soil.. you cant get me to do it even if you pay me

 so i wont be there to miss anything

"

Why such hate brah? "

Growing up in the seventies and eighties we shared a lot of products with the United states. Throughout the nineties those products gradually disappeared. When I travel to the States it's always nice to see those products I grew up on.

I was in Arizona a few years back, since that visit was during the summer, I can't particularly say I miss the weather. Although it's supposedly quite nice during "winter", like 20-something degrees Celsius compared to -20-something Celsius here in Sweden.

" @BigLemon: We do but it''s pretty disgusting, and not popular. If kids want anything beer sounding they tend to just drink real beer. Root beer tastes like medicine. "

" @Kyreo said:

" @Ahmad_Metallic said:

" i love the shit America produces, but im never laying a foot on that godforsaken country's soil.. you cant get me to do it even if you pay me

 so i wont be there to miss anything

"

Why such hate brah? "

no hate, Americans are awesome, its just that the country as a country is fucked up beyond belief.. so is the UK. im gonna travel around Europe one day, but no US/UK for me "

I'm not currently overseas, but when I was away, I missed a good cheese burger. I don't even eat them very often, but I think it has something to do with not being able to find a good burger.

Parties where you don't have to BYOB and there's red cups with beer waiting for you.
That shit never fucking happens here.

Only thing i miss about the US is a girl, and maybe New York's size, its so like small... you can walk through all of manhattan in a few hours. 

Glad to see you enjoyed it so much.

From what I've seen around here most people enjoy talking shit about America...

Come on back now ya hear!

; )

Dunkin Donuts rules - clearly you must have been on the east coast

" Everything being so goddamn cheap. If it wasn't for the fact that American food is atrocious, I would consider going there quite often because of how cheap it is once you get there. "

" @AlexW00d said:

" Everything being so goddamn cheap. If it wasn't for the fact that American food is atrocious, I would consider going there quite often because of how cheap it is once you get there. "

Cheap is relative.If you don't live and work here than your impressions are based entirely on the exchange rate. WHICH IS NOT RELEVANT.You have to look at your living costs and what you earn comparatively. How much tax you pay. What tax you pay. What bills you pay.If I get paid less than my occupational counterpart in the UK then everything is more expensive. If my house taxes or medical insurance is twice what someone would pay in the UK then my take home salary will be much less. etc. etc. "

WAL-MART. I was astonished when I went there, baring in my I was like 11.

Fenway Park & The United Centre. If I moved to the US it would either be to Boston or Chicago because i could watch my two favourite teams play there regularly.

The only time I went to the US I was pretty young so I don't remember much.

But I know there's some stuff there I really wanted to have here in Brazil, like:

• Donuts
• Better Burgers
• Cheaper Games (Seriously, game prices are MESSED UP here in Brazil)
• Being able to buy stuff at launch (Very few games lauch here simultaneously with the US)
• Some colder wheater (But this isn't an US exclusive)

Hey, Canadians how about for once in your lives you don't post your tired smug bullshit in a positive thread about the U.S.

Boston Market. I like Boston Market. I don't like Boston. I'd like Boston more if it were more like Boston Market. As someone from the south, I assure you Cracker Barrel is exactly as tacky as the south in the best way. A lot of good food things can be said about America. Rallys is super regional, I think, but their fries are great. They might be fried worms but it works.

" Hey, Canadians how about for once in your lives you don't post your tired smug bullshit in a positive thread about the U.S. "

" @pantzing_nome said:

"Tims potato chips"

I think you're talking about Tom's. Those things are awesome. I love their hot fries. "

Barq's?

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• Great food. Triple Baconators, Giordano's pizza in Chicago, Mountain dew by the gallon, all worth travelling 3000 miles for.
• Lots of space. Everything is so big.
• Great cities. Chicago, Seattle and Vancouver (I know it's not US but still awesome) all amazing places to be.
• Unintentionally funny everything. Your adverts especially, always make me laugh. Billy Mays is a hero.
• Everything is cheaper in America. Games, food, Fuel. Fuel costs less than 1/2 of what it does here. It's funny when you complain about $3 something a gallon, try $8 a gallon...

There are many reasons I wouldn't want to live in America, but for a two week trip every few years it's a great place to go.

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