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21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page You can pretty much choose to live in any climate you like when you live in the USA and still be in the same country. You like 4 seasons: Move to the Northeast. You like humid ocean climate - move to Seattle. You like dry warm weather - move to Los Angeles. You like deserts, move to Arizona. You like warm and humid weather - move to the Southeast.

As a German who loves warm weather I am always jealous because of those options. If I wanted to try to move somewhere warm I would have to move to a new country and learn Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, Greek or other southern European languages.

DachauPrince , Josh Fields Report

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77points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago

I am actually envious of those living in California. I saw somewhere that going from spring to winter are only about a 3-4 hours drive from each other. Not sure how true but sounds pretty fun in my book.

15points

TeenieMeanie 10 months ago

I grew up in California…my high school classmates would frequently go from skiing to surfing in the same weekend depending in the season.

10points

leendadll 10 months ago

True. I live near Los Angeles - drive 5 min to beach, 2 hours to desert, 4 hours to local mountains, 6.6+ hours to the Sierra mtns.

5points

Susie Elle 10 months ago

Also you're surrounded by national parks

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Nikki Sevven 10 months ago

In Massachusetts, if you want to experience two seasons in one day, you need only stand in one spot and wait. Every woman I know here has worn shorts and furry boots together at least once in her life, including me.

1point

A. Starhawk Hunt 10 months ago

lived in San Bernardino. One 100 degree day, we went up the mountain towards Big Bear. 90 minutes later, we were in a snowstorm. My 6 and 4 year olds went wild.

1point

Adrian 10 months ago

It's true. I've gone water skiing and snow skiing in the same weekend. In Southern California, in the winter, it's a few hours from a warm beach to a snowy mountain.

1point

Shiva Ho 10 months ago

I used to live in Ventura California and you can be on the beach ⛱️🏖️ & see ❄️ snow on the nearby mountains less than an hour away! Also lived in Hawaii it does snow ❄️ too!

0points

Kimberly W. 10 months ago

native here... Cali sucks...

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JayWantsACat 10 months ago

It's essentially true.

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Ravens Mom 10 months ago

Same for Arizona - 2 hour drive from Phoenix to Flagstaff where you go from sunshine and 72 degrees to cloudy, snow and 15 degrees

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Jahl 10 months ago

If you're super rich. If you're not super rich then the cost is living with crime and poverty that the government doesn't care about

-2points

R.A. Haley 10 months ago

CA has lovely weather, and I'd take a once-per-decade earthquake over dozens of tornadoes annually, but the nice weather comes at a high price. Property taxes alone are ten times what they are in the South.

5points

Admiralu 10 months ago

Texas has higher property taxes than California

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Cecilie 10 months ago

One of the things I love about Norway is that we have all four seasons. I would not like living somewhere else!

3points

Lame Llama 10 months ago

And new bureaucracy.

1point

Bruce Horton 10 months ago

As a Canadian I believe north America should be bisected north to south rather than east to west. We ended with waaay to much of the frozen north.

1point

Gabby M 10 months ago

Dude I feel ya!! Not Canadian but up by there. Just yesterday was looking at some maps online (Africa, S. America, & World) I just sat there and stared at Canada mouthing OMG. One forgets the geography at some point. I was re amazed at the size.

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Snigget 10 months ago

You can do that in Auckland.

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Starthief 10 months ago

If you want every possible kind of weather all in the same week, move to the Midwest!

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SCP 4666 10 months ago

It it was warm and dry all the time I would be so happy

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Ginny 10 months ago

There are some other countries large enough with different climate and same language as well.

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Happy to be a wallflower 9 months ago

yeah but not really to the extent that America does

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Kylie 10 months ago

Except everywhere that has great weather in the US has other issues (like hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes).

0points

5AgainstRhodeIsland , Kampus Production Report

21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page Disability access everywhere. I can go to any place -- theatre, store, office, school, whatever -- with confidence that I'll be able to navigate fine in my wheelchair, they'll have ramps and/or elevators

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55points

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Jessica SpeLangm 10 months ago

That is not true of the USA, as a whole. I live in a city where it is very difficult to get disability access at places that aren't national chain businesses.

30points

21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page Space.

America is f*****g enormous.

fullspectrumdev , Charles Parker Report

Final score:

54points

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MotorcycleDoggo 10 months ago

Try Canada. Even bigger but with way smaller population

33points

21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page Real Mexican food. We have Mexican restaurants in my home country but the owners are usually not Mexican and it’s just not the same. Now, I’m living in Japan and it’s the same problem… Mexican food is so delicious.

punpun_Osa , Vinícius Caricatte Report

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52points

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G R 10 months ago

This one is 100% correct! "Mexican" food anywhere in Europe makes you cry.

22points

21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page The size of your homes in places like Utah and Texas.
There's a dedicated room for everything. Kids play room that isn't the living room or the kid's bedroom, walk in pantry room, a laundry room.

mcnunu , Pixabay Report

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45points

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Miliukov Oleksandr 10 months ago

and a special room to calculate your property tax)

12points

21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page American here visiting Germany right now. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say fuel cost. The station down the road here sell petrol for 1.75 Euro/Liter, that's about $7.20/gallon if my math is correct. For comparison, I'm from Phoenix Arizona and just paid $2.85 per gallon last week, which is about 0.75 Euro/Liter. Gas is even cheaper than that in the Midwest US.

xsvspd81 , sippakorn yamkasikorn Report

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37points

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PFD 10 months ago

Currently equivalent to about $6.60 a US gallon in my European location. And bear in mind average gross salary is around $20,000 compared to over $55k in the US. OTOH we have walkable cities and good public transport, and I'll take that trade-off (when it comes to fuel prices; I could still use the higher pay!).

19points

21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page The two most peaceful neighbors ever Mexico, Canada

renzofisa , Greg Rosenke Report

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33points

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Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis 10 months ago

I live in Germany, we touch borders with nine different countries and we're cool with all of them.

23points

21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page One thing I really noticed is the lack of escapism in Europe. You wanna go on a long drive to clear your mind? Well, there’s nowhere really to go - you’re always going to find yourself in pretty well developed areas. It’s hard to find true serenity or wilderness.

On a related note, yes there’s traffic in America, but once you’re out of the cities and on open road, good lord… nothing even remotely compares in Europe. Driving is just way more pleasant in the US. There’s a reason Americans would prefer a long drive over a long train trip, but vice versa in Europe. In Europe they also have TONS of speed cameras, so you’re constantly on edge looking down at your speedo to make sure you’re compliant. Americans are anything but compliant 😉.

thegzak , Pixabay Report

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31points

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Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago

I know that Norway has the right sort of geography for the sort of escapism described, and all big European countries have plenty of countryside well away from towns. It seems to me that this particular American hasn't explored much of Europe.

29points

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21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page Big kitchens and big refrigerators/ freezers. Even in my student apartment we had a pretty good sized kitchen. I was dating a Czech girl and her parents came to visit. When they went to my apartment for a dinner, the mom was just amazed at the size of my fridge. They were amused when I dumped the scraps in the sink and turned on the garbage disposal. They’d heard about it but had never seen one.

Granadafan , R ARCHITECTURE Report

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28points

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Becky Samuel 10 months ago

Garbage disposals are so bad for waste treatment, sewage systems, and the environment that they are banned in many countries.

20points

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21 Benefits Of Living In America That Are Rarely Found In Europe, As Shared On This Online Page Free refills

Meeeeehhhh , u/CadmusRhodium Report

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24points

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Debbie 10 months ago

I don't mind not having it here. Free refill on non-healthy food is a good idea if you don't want a healthy population. That said, the sugar tax that they implemented now is stupid as well. Why not make fruit / vegetables in their pure form (so not cut or put into a salad) cheaper to promote healthier habits?

18points