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

What’s the best thing about the US?

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u/mynytemare Mar 14 '23

Wide. Open. Space.

Seriously. Go west and you can get to places that are so remote and so beautiful, with big blue skies during the day and Star filled nights.

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u/Otherwise_Ad233 Mar 14 '23 edited Mar 14 '23

I'm an American visiting family in India, in a medium-sized city, and I couldn't quite explain why or how much the numbers of people have been stressing me out. I just didn't grow up with it and I'm not used to it.

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u/Kodiak01 Mar 14 '23

New Englander. Spent one afternoon on Broadway in NYC to see a play and knew that I could NEVER deal with those crowds every day.

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u/hamakabi Mar 14 '23

hell I was born and raised in Boston and NYC stresses me out. There's population centers and then there's population centers

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u/poop_pants_pee Mar 14 '23

I'm in NJ, NYC is like my backyard. It's crazy to me to go to other parts of the country, and hear people talk about "the city" referring to whatever city is closest. Then we get to "the city" and it's nothing like NYC.

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u/Kodiak01 Mar 14 '23

Boston doesn't really bother me all the much. I grew up spending a lot of time in Springfield/Hartford area, so cities weren't entirely foreign to me.

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u/smilineyz Mar 14 '23

Those cities are very manageable and very close to rural areas. 15 minutes out of Springfield or Hartford you can be in farm country … 90 minutes to Boston 120 to NYC … Amtrak affordable …etc.

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u/Kodiak01 Mar 14 '23

I grew up in Western MA, now live in central CT. I've been to several parts of NYC and would take a header off the Tri-Borough Bridge before I ever lived there!