re: A great article about why America blows...

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This takes me back to the Economist article which says that most Europeans who have not been to America (and most have not) if they were to visit NOT one of the Tourist towns like New York or Orlando (Disney) or LA but for some reason spent a week in, say, a suburb of Kansas City, they would be amazed at how good we have it.

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This +.
I still have family in Europe, and have been several times. For all of their so called sophistication, their view of the US is for the most part shaped by their visits to either NYC, CA or Disney World, or by their left wing teachers and media. They had a vague notion of NOLA, mainly because of Katrina, which was of course Bush's fault.

Things that are innately American, like parents volunteering at schools, or coaching teams, or the idea of anybody can go to college, are unfamiliar-for the most part. As are stores opened all day, and into the night, and on Sundays, or "walk in medical clinics".

They really don't have a concept of how big America is, how diverse is it's population.

I love going, but I'm always glad to get home.