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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered I am a naturalized US citizen, have been living here for 12 years now and I am still in awe and disbelief on the how amazing public libraries are here

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An Unpopular Opinion. 2 years ago

I volunteer at one once a week. Tiny little library, but I love it so

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered US has 63 national parks and thousands of state parks. They preserve some of America’s most beautiful places.

SuvenPan , Don Graham Report

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Tabitha Frost 2 years ago

They are truly gorgeous! I love America's biodiversity. :3

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MathematicianOld1117 , Haydn Blackey Report

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered The endless diversity of delicious food brought by immigrants from around the world.

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Phil Rubin 2 years ago

Where I live we have Mexican (few different varieties) Filipino, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Ethiopian, Indian (South Asian), Greek, few different varietiesof Middle Eastern... all of it

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ScepticOfEverything , faungg's photos Report

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered We are HUGE! You can go on pretty much any kind of a vacation you want without leaving the country: beach, mountains, desert, snow, high culture, big city, small rural town, sports, music. The only limit is your time and your budget!

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Calane E. Vanya 2 years ago

it's nice to see here a post about positive things in the USA (criticism I saw a lot already). I'd still be afraid to visit, but so many national parks seems wonderful.

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered The Smithsonian Institution. It's 20+ museums (and a zoo), all for free, in Washington DC/NYC/VA, run by the government. I just think it's neat.

flag-nerd , Pom' Report

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Kise Miarse 2 years ago

I could just live at the Natural History Museum

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StandardFront7922 , Paul Wilkinson Report

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered The Americans with disabilities act.

I didn't realize how much reserved parking spots by the door, wide sidewalks that must be clean, handicap bathrooms, and having ramps at the entrance were important until my brother became wheelchair bound.

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kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago

Accessibility doesn’t mean much to a person until it does.

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solinvicta , Inga Munsinger Cotton Report

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered You go to a restaurant, and they just give you a gigantic glass of ice water for free.

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Headless Roach 2 years ago

Considering the famously dirty ice machines, I'd politely decline the ice addition.

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Yellowstone.

Yellowstone is like being on an entirely different planet at times, with a ridiculous amount of flora and fauna that either want to eat you or build a nest in your car- not to mention the eldritch geysers and springs.

It's absolutely essential viewing and God bless Teddy Roosevelt.

Lola_PopBBae , Eric Vaughn Report

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Andy Saputo 2 years ago

I went there for work years ago. It's massive. The drive from the southern entrance to the northern entrance is something like 15 hours.

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Beginning-Middle5646 , Sarah Stierch Report

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered For the most part, we are very friendly. You can have a friendly little chat or interaction with a stranger anywhere like you’re good friends. I just got back from a two week backpacking trip through the nordics and, no offense because I love and respect their culture, I felt completely invisible the entire time. No one is friendly there, partially because it’s considered weird to talk to strangers. But the coldness is palpable. Made me a little relieved to get back to the US where people actually smile or chat with you instead of just being as cold as possible.
Also we tend not to hate tourists because of where they’re from the way that some (definitely not most, but some) people immediately made assumptions about Americans and were actively mean because of it. Like yes, there are some dirtbag American tourists. Unfortunately I’ve met them. But the vast majority of us are not like that and shouldn’t be treated like that immediately. Americans don’t really see tourists when they come here and actively try to be mean because of what country the tourist is visiting from, the way (some, but not all) Europeans do when they see Americans

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kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago

Thank you for this post. I also have noticed a lot of hatred for U.S. natives around the world. We get it that you hate Donald Trump. We get it that you hate the U.S. superiority complex. Just because we live here doesn’t mean we love and promote these things you hate.

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#11

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered The fact that I can p**s and moan about and criticize the government and/or president and not fear (official) retribution

kgold0 , badlyricpolice Report

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alias D. 2 years ago

I doubt we will have this freedom for long( not the government restricting it but rather Certain political fanatics )

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Robert B 2 years ago

The loonies really came out of the woodwork this last election. As long as certain individuals keep the plebs stirred up and rabble roused and fighting each other, maybe we won’t collectively notice that we have a common enemy and band together against the ultra rich that lobby and bribe the governmental puppets. Ooops. I said too much.

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Ila Callya 2 years ago

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tuzdayschild 2 years ago

Well then at least try to fight it by voting.

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Tina Hugh 1 year ago

Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from criticism. Keep your courage up

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Rostit . 2 years ago

This is why we need to fight to keep it

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Daphne 2 years ago

I like it that the US had many movies that critizise their government. Totally not possible in A LOT of other countries...

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gerard julien 2 years ago

"Totally not possible in A LOT of other countries..." sure in third world countries and dictatorships but that would be comparing apples and oranges. During the seventies in Europe they shot a lot of political movies and many of them were banned in the US ! the italian movie "1900" for instance was rated R !

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Luna Crow 2 years ago

Unless you count rubber bullets, tear gas, and sound cannons. Oh, and the unmarked vans "disappearing" people. I'm sure it's freer than some countries in this regard, but there is retaliation

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Taylor Keane 2 years ago

At least for now...a lot of stupid people elected GOP SCUM in the midterms

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Ian Webling 2 years ago

Except when a president wants a photo op while holding an upside down Bible.

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Concept-Peter Roosdorp 2 years ago

Also true for very many countries.

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Appalachian Panda 2 years ago

The article is "things that are good about the US," not things that are unique to the US.

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XenoMurph 2 years ago

Unless you are the husband of the Speaker.

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Frando Bone 2 years ago

Yeah that's already starting to disappear piece by piece

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Anne Mitchell 1 year ago

Won't last if the Orangutan gets back in. He wants to turn the country into a dictatorship.

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Jan Olsen 1 year ago

This is true in most countries

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Eric S. 2 years ago

Tell that to Kathy Griffin.

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Limey 2 years ago

Yet. We don’t have to fear retribution yet.

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RezFidel 2 years ago

Hopefully this will not change in 2024…

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Eric S. 2 years ago

It may change tomorrow actually. If republicans seize control of both houses of Congress we're essentially ratfucked and guaranteed to get trump 2.0 in 2024.

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Bob La Capra 2 years ago

Yet

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Bruhwhydothat 2 years ago

W america

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CJ Bovee 2 years ago

Not for long... vote blue this Tuesday.

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Eric S. 2 years ago

Hell yeah.

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LizzieBoredom 2 years ago

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Ele V 2 years ago

Wow.

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gerard julien 2 years ago

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Chris berkley 2 years ago

Did you literally just read this page about good things in the u.s. just too dump all over the u.s. calm down

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered The natural aspects of it are quite beautiful. & there are very diverse natural aspects.

ghosts-go-boo , Michael Hicks Report

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Tabitha Frost 2 years ago

indeed.

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#13

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered In general, despite how the media might portray it or how much the US is criticized for racism, the US is by far the most culturally diverse country, most other countries dont have as big of an issue with racism because they are mostly homogenous and the outliers are typically well integrated.

If you see a black man, an asian, a caucasian and an indian all hanging out in america nobody will bat an eye. But if you have that same group in France or Germany? In France everyone there was staring at us like we were little green aliens having a picnic.

Horny_For_Monsters , art around Report

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Robert B 2 years ago

I’m the city I live in, which is rather small, I can go to 3 different ethnic grocery store all with in a 5 minute drive, plus 3 more if I want to travel a bit. Yes, we may let a bunch of horse turds in the spotlight way too often, and yes, past generations have left us with black eyes and baggage, but no matter how hard some fight it, the USA is going to stay a mixing pot for the foreseeable future.

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered 30-year fixed-rate mortgages

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Anne Reid 2 years ago

Mortgages don’t exist outside the US? How do people buy houses then?

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#15

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered According to my mom who grew up in China as the communist regime fell she thinks the freedom in America is pretty great (like you can pick your own job and the government doesn't pick it for you) and she kept reminding me of this growing up in America

billyandteddy , George Bannister Report

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Della 2 years ago

This country has so many freedoms, not to be taken for granted.

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#16

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered As an immigant, I've always felt at home.

ca_sun , Emily Allen Report

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Dan 2 years ago

Welcome! You're now one of US!!! lol

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#17

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered We make some of the worlds best hot-smoked meats, namely central-Texas brisket, Carolinas smoked pork, and everything in between.

I’ve traveled around much of the world and eaten everywhere, our smoked brisket is in a league of its own.

HideHideHidden , Ernesto Andrade Report

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Headless Roach 2 years ago

I visited McAllen a couple of times and I never tried brisket. I guess it is now my new lifetime regret?

8points

Guilty_Assignment_25 , Massachusetts Office Of Travel & Tourism Report

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered I can literally see every type of climate without leaving the country.

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Tabitha Frost 2 years ago (edited)

This is so true. Though, I don't recall North America having a rain forest. (Correct me if I'm wrong!) Edit: Thanks so much for all the replies! I totally forgot Hawaii was a part of America, oops.

23points

AliMcGraw , Metropolitan Transportation Authority Report

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Access to public education for children with special needs is a right guaranteed by law, and those protections are stronger and the educational service for special needs children are better than in most of the rest of the world.

The ADA is also pretty amazing, and the United States is a lot more accessible than most other countries. Some of that's because the buildings are newer, yes. But it's really nice to go on vacation and know that your hotel will be able to accommodate you, tour buses will be able to accommodate you, most tourist attractions will be able to accommodate you, etc.

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Beaver boi🦫🇺🇦 2 years ago

I agree. My brother has Kabuki syndrome(you can look it up if you don't know what it is), and he was able to get lots of special accommodations in school and graduated with all A's, and I have lots of special privileges because of my severe ADHD. These have helped me and my brother both a ton, and it makes me feel lucky that I live where I do.

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#20

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Our bureaucracies.

I know most people like to b***h about things like the DMV, and the IRS. But, the system of American bureaucracies are doing more to make the world a better place than they get credit for. The amount of money and manpower dedicated to data collection and deciphering is hard to fathom, and we’re the only ones doing it for the entire world.

Agencies like the DOT do massive amounts of testing on everything from train tracks to seat belts. Testing that goes far above and beyond what nearly any manufacturers do. The increase in road and travel safety in the past 100 years is unbelievable. And we share all of our data with every nation.

The NOAA collects weather data used by every news channel, every weather agency, every government and military force, etc. The data we collect, and the research we’ve done on meteorology have taken weather prediction times from 1 day to about 10 days in the past century. The impact on life saving, and crop saving, this has had has impacted billions of lives.

The DOE studies and regulates every nuclear facility on the planet. Our inspectors monitor every plant, every weapons cache, every warship worldwide. Either directly, or through NATO.

Military initiatives like DARPA have created things like GPS satellites. We made them. All of them. We maintain them. Everyone else just gets to use them. And, everyone does.

We aren’t perfect. Far from it. But, our intense efforts to collect and interpret data in every field; from food and drugs, to technology, to medicine and hospitals, building codes, chemical classification, the list goes on and on and on; have been an unparalleled contribution to our species.

Fecal_Enthusiest , Joel Bez Report

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harpling 2 years ago

I would add to this the bureaucrats who work for their salaries without expectation for bribery. Unlike many of the places I've lived, there is not the automatic expectation to hand over cash during every interaction with a civil servant. I might have to pay fees or fines, but I know that money is not going into the pocket of the person processing my forms. Of course there are exceptions, but bribery is not the rule.

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Come and actually meet us. I hear the same s**t time and again from people, mostly Germans, "you were not what I expected." And we're not. We inundate the world with so much of our pop culture, that you might be forgiven for thinking that's what Americans are like. We're actually very baffling and weird. You have to come here to get us.

trebuchetfight , SoulRider.222 Report

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alias D. 2 years ago

Yeah there are stereotypes for everyone and everythring

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#22

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered A lot of people say there is no "American culture" but there is it's just so spread and diverse that you don't notice it you can can get culture shock from going a state or 2 over

s1ghtless_boi , Paul Arps Report

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alias D. 2 years ago

Yeah each state has its own culture it’s when you talk about all 50 states is it hard to stereotype it

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Space Program

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Peeka_Mimi 2 years ago

Were it not for Reagan we would have an excellent space program.

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered free public restrooms

oat53 , Jesse Steele Report

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Firstname Lastname 2 years ago

Considering that I already have to pay for supplies monthly for my *unwanted visitor* I am glad I don't have to pay for all my extra trips to check on said *visitor*.

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Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Free refills on drinks at restaurants!

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Sleestak 2 years ago

Not the beer :(

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Honestly, there is a lot. I can go to my tap and have nice, fresh, clean drinking water (even people that don’t have running water due to poverty can go to any public place and get clean water from the tap). If I’m hot, I can walk to my thermostat and turn down the AC, same if I’m cold. Prices may be high, but food is readily available. I live in a really safe place and really don’t have to worry about someone coming into my home to harm me or my family, and if they do, I have plenty of weapons to hold them off. I have reliable power and internet as long as I pay my bills. I can drive 30 min south and enjoy the ocean, or 8 hours north and enjoy the mountains. I know there’s plenty of negative things about the USA, but there’s plenty of really good things too. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.

Athompson9866 , Joe Cheng Report

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RoanTheMad 2 years ago

if you have to have weapons "just in case, to fend someone off" then you clearly do worry deep down that you're going to be harmed. It's not a good thing if you feel the need to own weapons for this reason.

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered While this may not apply to any given American person or town, our culture is not rigid or uptight at all. There’s very little consequence in doing things drastically different from your neighbors, and there’s not much broad expectation to conform to “how things are done.” Someone might judge you but that’s just, like, their opinion, man. While I don’t think this is necessarily uniquely American, it’s definitely not universal.

TerribleAttitude , R Boed Report

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Bec 2 years ago

True, but the flip side is that you can't tell us what to do. Like any basic regulation or safety is met with cries about freedom

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#28

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Peanut butter.

Vampilton , Mike Mozart Report

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Sanchi 2 years ago (edited)

Ok seeiously, people stop complaining against the post like “eww” or trying to deny america. Relax, you got you chance to ridicule america, now see the other side. Edit: surprised on the number of upvotes. Thought I would be downvoted into submission. Thanks y’all.

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#29

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered We strive for improvement, each generation to the next. Some of us don't understand this, but it's a beautiful thing.

Plesiadapiformes , WTF Colorado Report

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XenoMurph 2 years ago

Going backwards a bit though.

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#30

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Soooo many breakfast cereals to choose from

DeepCompote , Mike Mozart Report

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Janice Bontrager 2 years ago

Always someone to rain on your cereal and make it soggy.

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered We are very good at inviting criticism. The United States is the only country I know that hires people from other countries (Trevor Noah, Stuart Varney, John Oliver, Piers Morgan) and pays them very good money to publicly critique our way of life.

Gorf_the_Magnificent , trevornoah Report

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Chrissyfox 2 years ago

I don't know how anyone can pay Piers Morgan for anything that comes out of his foul mouth.

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Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered The first amendment of the constitution

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Kise Miarse 2 years ago

Perhaps. However, most people who tout this forget that "freedom of speech" is not "freedom from consequences." You have the right to express your opinion publicly . . . and everyone else has a right to react to it as they see fit. (Within the bounds of the law, obviously)

31points

#33

Someone Online Asked “Americans, What Is A Good Thing About Your Country?” And 30 Folks Delivered Innovation... Nearly every major invention of the past couple hundred years, and as much as we're made fun of for being dumb, we still have some of the smartest in the world as well

Dapper-Pilot-9734 , Mark Ordonez Report

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Andy 2 years ago

This is exactly why people get annoyed with America. By all means be proud of your countries achievements, list the great ones, but stop making unrealistic sweeping statements you clearly have no clue about

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kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago

I like Bored Panda a lot. But all the hate directed at the people who live in the US is less than fun.

47points

Texas Gonzo 2 years ago

As an American we are mainly taught we are the greatest and best, and many Americans refuse to acknowledge the times when we are not. While a balance of posts is needed, BP offsets a little the wealth of lies Americans tells other Americans about the USA.

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Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago

History is the reason why people in countries outside of USA have a mixed view of the benefits of your society and its values. The USA has spent a lot of time telling other countries that "we know best what you should do" snd sometimes making things change by coercion or force.

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N D 1 year ago

We deserve it, Americans are entitled and b****y.

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Tams21 2 years ago

As a non US citizen it's nice, really nice, to have a positive post about the US for once.

29points

Ban-One 2 years ago

Came here to say the same thing.

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Amy Taylor 2 years ago (edited)

America is made up of primarily immigrants. No one, save for indigenous people is really "from" here. That's why I get salty when some of my less desirable fellow Americans love telling people to "go back where they came from" My idiot cousin loves to do this, completely forgetting our grandparents are from Italy. We're very newly American!!!

12points

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

I come from New York City. This country used to be proud to call itself a nation of immigrants. A melting pot, to produce something uniquely American.

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 2 years ago (edited)

Do my eyes deceive me? Am I dreaming? Did BoredPanda actually create a "positive" listicle about the United states? Help! I'm going into shock!

11points

Elica 2 years ago

An old professor told me he always saw Americans offering help to strangers in need when he was in Europ. One of the reasons he immigrated to the US.

8points

Limey 2 years ago

I am an import from another country (UK). I love my own country, but the one thing I have here which I think is one of the most positive things about the USA is the lack (COMPLETE lack) of age discrimination. I am in my early 70s, by choice work on a technical job and ride motorcycles for a hobby. No one bats an eye about either thing. I can assure you that would not be the case not the UK.

7points

DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

I'm not American so I don't know if this is accurate but I've always admired that you can travel all across the country and experience completely different things. I can be working in one state and just buy a beat up car and drive across a few states and work somewhere else, experience new things. I'll be moving a lot. Lol

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Andy Saputo 2 years ago

It's accurate for the most part. Anyone can just move thousands of miles away and find a place to live and work without any government intervention. The only exceptions i can think of is highly specialized jobs like doctors who need to get licensed in the state they choose to practice.

4points

DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago

Orange juice! Surprised this was never mentioned. Tex-Mex food, too, but after all my global adventures (almost at 60 countries), I'm always happy to get home for some fresh, delicious OJ! And don't give me that, "American food is full of chemicals and sugar" - it's freshly squeezed and amazing! The rest of the world has no idea what OJ is until they've been to Florida, seriously, it's gross everywhere else I've been!

5points

Saturn Rings 2 years ago

Here’s the thing I have so say. I live in New Jersey. Gun policies are actually very strict in both NJ and NY. The main reason why theirs so much guns in our states is because of the black market. Stop judging an entire country based off of a few jerks. You are also jerks. Did you not notice that? Also to the American jerks, just stfu, your embarrassing us.

5points

Bored Seb 2 years ago

I love the states... traveled there a few times (a year all together). And I really enjoy going there... but... most things in this list are kind of "but, so many other countries too". And that's annoy me a lot. the same way the bashing the USA posts annoy me a lot... like... can't we just have a balanced and honnest point of view?

5points

René Sauer 2 years ago

Lot of good things, as a tourist I might be interested visiting at least once. But there are just two reasons I would never even dream of migrating: health care and corporate culture...

3points

Yu Pan 2 years ago

Work for higher Ed. We're fun.

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Mimi M 2 years ago

Hell hath frozen over.

3points

RedMarbles 2 years ago

I fully accept all the valid criticism and am doing what I can to put my weight, however small, behind the forces that want it to be a better citizen of the world and refrain from doing the things that result in that legitimate criticism (and we are legion but up against some powerful forces from within and without), but I have to say the criticism about calling ourselves "Americans" is really unnecessary and doesn't serve anyone's legitimate arguments. The title of this post (on the main page, not above) using "Americans (US)" is not necessary. No other country in North or South America has expressed interest in calling its citizens "Americans" and there would have been no confusion without the "(US)" qualifier. The whole argument, which comes up again and again, seems like a reach for any possible opportunity to condemn, whether it affects anything or not.

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Marnie 2 years ago (edited)

I have one that my have been mentioned. A good thing is how we deal with refugees. I'm not talking about the rules for who can come here, but once they do, we don't stick them in terrible camps and give them some criteria which they get kicked for if they don't meet. That's what happened to my friend's nephew and brother who fled Syria. They were in a camp in Germany, and the brother probably got kicked out because, being older, he wasn't learning German fast enough. In one just one neighborhood here in my city (Minneapolis, Minnesota), we have people from over 100 different countries, most are immigrants, some are refugees. We took in the 2nd largest population of Hmong refugees after California. We also took in a very large number of Somalis, who are now part of our community, holding elected offices, etc. (Minnesota alone has directly taken in over 100,000 refugees since 1980. None went to camps!!)

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Yu Pan 2 years ago

Because us is so big!

0points

Althea Whyte 2 years ago (edited)

No one mentioned America is a country for successful opportunities, easily and quickly. Just observe and persevere and avoid the depressed and being shot.

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Melissa Deterling 1 year ago

FINALLY! Something positive. I LOVE my country.

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Yu Pan 2 years ago

I actually love America's political correctness. Sure, sometimes it may go to far, but it's a better alternative than saying all the other things and blame others for being "too sensitive". I think Americans are actually sensitive to ppl's feelings, despite what other countries think of us.

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kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago

I like Bored Panda a lot. But all the hate directed at the people who live in the US is less than fun.

47points

Texas Gonzo 2 years ago

6points

Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago

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N D 1 year ago

We deserve it, Americans are entitled and b****y.

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Tams21 2 years ago

As a non US citizen it's nice, really nice, to have a positive post about the US for once.

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Ban-One 2 years ago

Came here to say the same thing.

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Amy Taylor 2 years ago (edited)

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Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

I come from New York City. This country used to be proud to call itself a nation of immigrants. A melting pot, to produce something uniquely American.

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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 2 years ago (edited)

Do my eyes deceive me? Am I dreaming? Did BoredPanda actually create a "positive" listicle about the United states? Help! I'm going into shock!

11points

Elica 2 years ago

An old professor told me he always saw Americans offering help to strangers in need when he was in Europ. One of the reasons he immigrated to the US.

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Limey 2 years ago

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

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Andy Saputo 2 years ago

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DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago

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Saturn Rings 2 years ago

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Bored Seb 2 years ago

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René Sauer 2 years ago

Lot of good things, as a tourist I might be interested visiting at least once. But there are just two reasons I would never even dream of migrating: health care and corporate culture...

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Yu Pan 2 years ago

Work for higher Ed. We're fun.

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Mimi M 2 years ago

Hell hath frozen over.

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RedMarbles 2 years ago

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Marnie 2 years ago (edited)

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Yu Pan 2 years ago

Because us is so big!

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