re: Visiting Europe and noticing little differences between Europe and the US

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because most of the crap they put in our food is illegal over there. corporate profits are king here though.

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If you're talking GMO, there isn't a scintilla of evidence that it has any negative health effects whatsoever.

I would say that the average European is generally healthier (except the British - they are nearly as fat as Americans these days). They are more active, but that's not the primary reason. It's portion size and the amount of processed foods we eat that are the primary culprit.

I would stridently disagree that the average European is more refined. They can speak more languages, for sure, but that would be the case here as well if Texas and Georgia and New York all spoke different languages. We have more Spanish speakers than the Iberian peninsula, as a comparison. The average European is no more or less refined or interesting than the average American, in my experience.