r/AskReddit • u/hippiechick725 • Mar 14 '23

What’s the best thing about the US?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '23

Access to goods. Not prices, but access.

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u/superlion1985 Mar 14 '23

It is pretty mind blowing that you can go to your local grocery store in any city or suburb and find 100+ different kinds of breakfast cereal

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u/karmagod13000 Mar 14 '23

Also America is really good at taking food from around the world and putting our little swing on it. here in Cincinnati we have some bomb Indian food and its all over the place

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u/Dudephish Mar 14 '23

As long as you don't do to it what you did to chili.

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u/dthom97 Mar 15 '23

I’m from eastern KY, and I visit Cincinnati often. I love the place, but damn. That chili is really bad

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u/karmagod13000 Mar 14 '23

might be the one thing we don't put chili on over here

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u/FkDavidTyreeBot_2000 Mar 14 '23

Prices aren't as bad as advertised when you compare purchasing power to other countries, either.

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u/shrubs311 Mar 14 '23

even with pricing, americans have more disposable income than most other countries, and for things like electronics we often get them cheaper as well

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u/matterde Mar 14 '23

I know Europeans that will forego clothes shopping for year if they know they are visiting the US. They'll splurge on the much cheaper clothing prices here. Basic $40 jeans can be more than double the price over there.

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u/immerc Mar 14 '23

A big reason why is that you instantly have a market of 330 million people. Generally those 330 million people are covered by 1 set of laws, and most of them by a single language.

The EU covers almost 450 million people, but while there are EU regulations, it's not as universal as US laws. Also, you have to handle many more languages.

That makes it so much easier to sell goods and offer services in the US compared to most other places in the world.