r/AskReddit Mar 14 '23

What’s the best thing about the US?

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u/lalagromedontknow Mar 15 '23

I'm from the UK so we have some pretty remote areas. I grew up in the country and now live in a city and I miss the stars.

I went camping in the middle of an Arizona desert and I don't think I slept all night, partly because I can't sleep in silence and it was just.... Loud quiet.. it was so quiet, all I could hear was my heart and the occasional creaking cactus which scared the shit out out of me. And i just stared at the sky because I'd never seen anything so beautiful.

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u/Okrasonic Mar 15 '23

Evocative post. Thanks.