Not smoking everywhere. I don’t understand how smoking is still so mainstream in Europe. They're sucking on cancer sticks everywhere.

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Disability access.

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Put screens on the windows! Many apartments and houses don't have AC, so you have to open the windows. The bugs get EVERYWHERE!! Why is such a simple thing like window screens not a standard thing in Europe??

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Add Tex-Mex to the list. They’d benefit immensely from some good ass Tex-Mex.

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Just got back from the EU, they need more public toilets. It's impossible to find a place to go.

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European countries should actually call out their own racism instead of excusing it as part of their European culture. When I bring up racism in Norway (where I lived), I get a bunch of angry Norwegians yelling me because they don't think their racism counts as racism.

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Being friendly to strangers.

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I'd say they could learn to air their dirty laundry better. There always seems to be a simmering problem that they just don't talk about unless they get drunk. Maybe they need to get drunk more often.

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My man, if we were any more drunk, we'd all be dead.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act or the ADA. The United States is one of the most accessible nations for those with disabilities. When I went abroad I was shocked as to how impossible it would be to get around if you weren’t fully able. And weed legalization of course.

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Every time I go to Paris, I wonder how the hell people with disabilities get around. All the buildings are old as shit and have steep steps and sharp edges.

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They don’t get around. Especially in Paris, it’s rare for me to see someone in a wheelchair, on crutches, etc. I always wondered why, and it’s probably because they don’t go out much in the first place...because it’s too difficult!

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Free water at restaurants and smoking less tobacco are the first things that come to mind.

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And free soda refills!

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Thinking outside of the box. I work for an American company that collabs with a European one every now and then. They are completely unwilling to even challenge conventional wisdom on a topic. For example, here is a scenario that has happened.


European Company: Conventional wisdom tells us that the best way to do this process is with method X. Compounding factors A, B, and C make this so difficult that it is almost unfeasible to do this. However to go against conventional wisdom would be ridiculous, so we will just charge more.


American Company: Conventional wisdom tells us that the best way to do this process is with method X. However compounding factors A, B, and C would make this unfeasible. This is a situation that conventional wisdom was not really meant to address. We are going to try something completely different, and we are going to test it thoroughly to make sure it works. As it turns out, this new method Y works better than method X, so now we have a more viable way of producing this product without having to deal with the complicating factors of A, B, and C.


And then when we inform the European company about this, they freak the hell out because we went against conventional wisdom.

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I wonder - does X involve making more money by reducing workers rights and privileges? Are factors A B and C workers rights, work/home-life balance and Profitability? By 'try something completely different' do you mean 'ignore hard won labour and safety laws'? 'Hey Europe - if stop treating your animals so well you could make loads more money? What? You won't even try!!?' I suspect that this is exactly what you mean!

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I signed in for the first time just to upvote this comment. Right to the heart of what american 'novelty' actually implies

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I'm proud of you. "I signed in to s**t on someone"....very cool 😎

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American here. Squiffle didn't lie, and the respondent gave him props. Who s**t in your Wheaties?

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Where did you get your assumer? I'm looking to buy one and the one you bought is like 5 stars.

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...that is exactly what OP is saying. You *immediately* assume....--most likely incorrectly. If you were an American, I bet you'd be driving the biggest truck you could afford...for psychological reasons.

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American here. Again. Why are you such a d**k?

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..I practice diligently. are you a natural? 😂

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This post relies on anecdotal evidence because, statistically, the EU ranks higher in critical thinking than the US.

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You can't generalize from an anecdote the general behavior of the inhabitants of a continent or the employees of a company. although I can grant you that Sharknado would never have been made in Europe.

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Hey those washed up actors need to pay bills too! Shaq and Kevin Hart are swiping up all the commercials before the trickle down effect allows them to get to the has beens. And we have crazy weather in the US! Prolly was a sharknado at some point and THAT, my friend, means it's a documentary or loosely based on true events. It's important. You know.. for history.

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I'm gonna get some haters here, but...... 2nd amendment,anyone???? A 300 years old "practice" that is no good on today's sociaty

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We ourselfes say about Germany that we're unflexible, slow, conservative, with bad internet and low digitalization and too much bureaucracy. But our economy is still #3 after USA and China. A country with the size of Montana and without natural ressources. Do you really want us to do much better ?

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Ahhhh... the BS Wonder of "Best Practises". Boss: Best Practises says we should do "this". Me: That doesn't work for us. It'll break 4 other processes if we do it. Boss: But it's "Best Practise". Me: Not for us. Boss: We have to follow Best Practises. Me: OK.

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*shrug* I've read plenty of 'Not Invented Here in America' comments on tech & science sites for articles about innovating tech and gadgets made in Europe and Asia. There is auto tech from last decade in Europe that get rave reviews from American drivers that mangers of the American branches of the same auto manufacturer say will never catch on here.

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If you're going to spend two full paragraphs on an example, it needs to actually explain something. This example is so generalized as to provide no additional information beyond his initial complaint.

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American are the descents of those who didn't want to continue the current way of life and ideals in their native countries so they left. They must have passed their ways of thinking down their lineage.

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And then they all sat down with the Native Americans for a nice turkey dinner.

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This one really depends on how big the company is and its core income. Engineering/tech companies, and businesses strapped for cash, are usually great about this while heavily regulated ones that have been around awhile, like automotive and ones with a tall corporate ladder, not so much.

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Ice is life. Give me alllll the ice.

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A A/C won’t kill you specially on summer.

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I get that most of the time they don’t need AC, but one place that absolutely needs it is the Tube in London. It's hot as hell on those damn trains!

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I am an American who has been to Europe for vacation a bunch of times. At this point I’ve been fortunate to visit most European countries. I have 3 major complaints:

1. Smoking - just why?

2. More free water please. Public water fountains would be be great and also, dear restaurants, the tap water IS safe to drink.

3. Everywhere in Europe (well at least most private residences and hotels, public bathrooms are getting better about touch less) has these knobby faucets that you have to put your whole a*s hand on to operate even if you just got done taking a s**t or chopping up raw chicken or whatever. Please embrace the type of faucets you can operate with the back of your hand or your wrist!

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Right turn on red. I discovered it's not a thing in Europe while watching Top Gear.

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I have a lot of family and friends in Europe and have been fortunate to have traveled to a majority of European countries. One of the biggest complaints I have is there seems to be more pressure to conform and not stand out as much. The USA accepts individualism so much more.

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I have recently befriended a French woman who moved to my city. Taking her out with my friends for Halloween was a real trip. She was SO STRESSED about being in a costume in public. She wouldn't take public transit by herself, wore a big coat to cover up what she was wearing while outside, and talked a bunch about not wanting her doorman to see her dressed up. The real kicker is that her costume was just a '60s hippie dress. Like, she could have worn it any day of the week, and nobody would have batted an eyelash.

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The USA has generally better toilets and showers. Sorry, it's true.

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And charging money to use a public bathroom is an inhuman, undignified concept.

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Ditch the aristocracy. They are no different than anyone else. Bow to no one.

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Free appetizers or side dish. Idk how many times I’ll find out the basket of bread or olives was extra charge in Europe.

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From a social perspective As a European id say learn how to be more free spirited, say what you want about Americans stupid or blah blah blah but they know how to live life to the fullest alot of us here in Europe have a giant stick up our asses we're trying to be so perfect like with everything we're to careful. When u go to the states you see so many different types of characters it's like a movie set, then you go back to Europe and everything and everyone is just the same...I know it depends what country in europe you're in is well but most are like that except for southern countries like Italy, Spain or Ireland and UK they're fun.

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Cannabis legalization.

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To accept the fact that people in America do things differently, and be totally fine with it. Also accept the fact that we don't do things their way, because our country is different.

And to not try to act like experts about the country, because they don't understand the nuances of the country, because they have the mindset of person from a country with a much different history, culture, and dialect than one here.

I'm in a current flame war with someone, because Of that misunderstood nuance.

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Ice! When I return from northern Europe to the US, the first thing I get at the airport is a gigantic cup of ice water.

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Wood is a great material for houses. Put screens on the windows. Nacho cheese.

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Not charging for water at restaurants.

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Small talk.

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How to be ok with people doing things differently.

I’ve worked with Europeans for years and while they’re generally nice folks, they could use a better understanding that the way they know isn’t necessarily THE way. Stone house phenomenon is a great example of this.

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Europeans don’t know how to make brownies.

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Economic independence from Russia and China. It's ok to utilize them, it's not ok to rely on them.

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> our grid system.

Grids are easy to navigate, but don't necessarily create the most pedestrian friendly spaces. Having cute alleyways and winding roads can give a city a lot of character. Plus Google Maps makes navigation pretty easy these days. I also say this as someone living in one of the few gridless-American cities.

Anyways, many European countries charge for public restrooms. I think that's quite cruel, especially since most of them requires coins in an age where everyone has CCs and ApplePay for everything else. Sure, our bathroom doors might not go all the way down to the floor - but they're always free.

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How to interact with people who wear hijabs and other religious clothing without s******g the bed.

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Competition through innovation, not protectionism. I meet with dozens of business leaders in Europe every year, and the consistent feedback that I hear is “we’re not the US,” “we don’t know how to innovate like American firms,” and “we are at least two years behind the Us in X.”

It’s not a lack of smart people. I think it’s cultural. They expect others to do it, or they think they can put regulations in place to limit the success of companies from other countries. That may have worked when they had colonies around the world and we were in slower industrial ages, but knowledge is liquid. Unlike a manufacturing plant, I can replicate digital success immediately anywhere.

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Not thinking anyone who cracks a small smile at them in public is a crazy person.

Making free tap water the default and not nearly impossible to get.

And multiculturalism, if that's the right word. It seems like too many people in Europe don't feel like a part of their country, even if they were born there and lived their whole life there. An immigrant can become an American and be embraced here easily, but not everyone will be considered, for example, Swedish, even if they're from there.

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Freedom of speech: see JK Rowling silencing her critics with UK libel laws. Since the US doesn't recognize foreign defamations of judgement unless they meet US freedom of speech standards, any threat she gives to an American is an empty one.

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Im european and i think americans have a degree of economic awareness that europeans lack. Americans are ultra aware of economic policy problems, inflation, etc, but i barely seen any europeans talk about the rampant money creation by the Central European Bank (Even bigger than the US) thats making prices spike over here. I think the value of individual freedom and personal responsability is also a huge moral that americans have and few europeans support.

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American living in Europe. How to fry food. How to BBQ. How to make hot sauce and ranch dressing.

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Some Europeans could learn more about Americas role in their nations’ foreign policy decisions. I hate how bloated the US military is, and how much we spend on it- many Europeans share this belief.

The issue is that European leaders have seeded defense to the United States. That means they do not have to spend as much on their own defense, while also making their nations dependent on US for defense.

Essentially, if you want to see actual change in America’s foreign policy, then you have to change your nations’ relationship with the US.

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For the love of all things good, establish a paper version of a “one” Euro. The amount of coins I ended up carrying was obnoxious.

Y’all walk around with pockets jingling full of high value coins - NO WONDER there are hella pickpockets hanging about. 😤


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I get maybe bc that’s for the environment but for f***s sake, you can make recycled cardboard applicators. That was so miserable for me studying abroad.

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How to welcome immigrants from non-European countries. Y'all freaked out over a million Africans and we take in that many people every single year.

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