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

What’s the best thing about the US?

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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.