Whats the most benign / innocent thing you like the most in the US?

[Chalandrae 32]

There are quite a few things I like about the US.

- Food is cheaper than in Quebec.

- You can ask for your food to be put in a box in a restaurant!! Their plates are so BIG I can barely eat half of it, I used to "eat through the pain" because I felt horrible leaving food on my plate.

- Medication price (co-pay). Paid $0.87 for Birth Control and synthroid when Back home it would be around $15. When we first bought my medication last month, I was so surprised I asked the lady if there was a mistake.

I don't like;

-Not having street lights on parkways. I hate being in a car when it's dark. I grew up with lights everywhere, now if I am on a parkway it's so dark is stresses me out!

[Alaska2012 462]

I really really really like the drive thru things over here! Especially the drive thru bank and the drive thru pharmacy!

[heo luoi 206]

I really really really like the drive thru things over here! Especially the drive thru bank and the drive thru pharmacy!

LOL took wifey to Sonic, to the drive in (some have drive thrus too). She was like this is pretty nice (this location is incredulously slow)

I was like this is super old style they have drive thrus mostly now, sonic is like the only place doing old school drive in still. We went to mcds drivethru and she then didnt seem all that enamored w/ it

[Chalandrae 32]

LOL took wifey to Sonic, to the drive in (some have drive thrus too). She was like this is pretty nice (this location is incredulously slow)

I was like this is super old style they have drive thrus mostly now, sonic is like the only place doing old school drive in still. We went to mcds drivethru and she then didnt seem all that enamored w/ it

Sonic is really cool! Hubby was laughing at me because I was excited to see people with rollerskates on.. I kept staring at them. (Oh, and I love their vanilla shake too, yummy!)

[MrsCanuck87 2]

We haven't moved yet, but my hubby is equally excited about Free shipping because he buys a lot of things out of the states already, vanilla Coke, and Chick-Fil-A. Everytime we visit my parents he literally begs for us to go to the grocery store to get vanilla Coke and to pick up some Chick-Fil-A on the way home because he loves their chicken sandwiches, haha.

[JFH 12,191]

I'm not there permanently yet but already I have my favourite.

Personal space!!! I used to work in London and every lunch break I'd leave the office and try and find a private spot to speak to my now-husband on Skype, read or send texts, check my bank balance, check emails, etc on my iPhone. Impossible. There were people everywhere. Even when I moved to as all town. You could not walk along the street without someone hearing or seeing you. The same with toilet cubicles. Far too small with no personal space in the UK. You often have your thighs pressed up against the disposal box (unless you push it with your foot out of the way as soon as you go into a cubicle like I do). But in the US I like being able to use a cubicle and not have any part of me touching something I don't want it to be touching. And people respect your space too. Back to toilet cubicles - I hate it that when you go into a set of toilets in the UK and pick an empty one with empty ones all around, you can guarantee that the next person to arrive will take the very next cubicle to you, even if there are 15 free cubicles.

[Jknee 3]

The good:

1. Food prices - everything is way cheaper here than in Canada, not to mention the coupon craze and the whole BOGO idea!

2. House prices - we just bought a house for less than a third of what we would similarly pay in Canada!

3. Sticks of butter - Butter come in a package with four sticks here, and I can't get over how useful it is and why Canada hasn't adopted this idea.

4. Target, Ross, Sonic, & Chick-Fil-a (although the first one recently popped up in Canada)

The not as good:

1. There are 10,000 fast food options. I don't understand the need for that much choice.

2. Health insurance - free health care is the one thing that makes me miss Canada the most.

3. Holidays - Americans go all out for every holiday. Like, overboard. They're productions. FEASTS.

[heo luoi 206]

My wife is absolutely addicted to frozen Snickers bars.
HER: honey will that ice cream bar make me fat?
ME: no, if you just have one every now / then its fine, not a lot.
HER: I eat them everyday.
ME: WHAT?
HER: I had 4 today.

ME:

[TBoneTX 46,271]

Wife: Honey, does this dress make me look fat?

Husband: No, Dear; the dress doesn't make you look fat. You ARE fat!

[Chalandrae 32]

The good:

1. Food prices - everything is way cheaper here than in Canada, not to mention the coupon craze and the whole BOGO idea!

2. House prices - we just bought a house for less than a third of what we would similarly pay in Canada!

3. Sticks of butter - Butter come in a package with four sticks here, and I can't get over how useful it is and why Canada hasn't adopted this idea.

4. Target, Ross, Sonic, & Chick-Fil-a (although the first one recently popped up in Canada)

The not as good:

1. There are 10,000 fast food options. I don't understand the need for that much choice.

2. Health insurance - free health care is the one thing that makes me miss Canada the most.

3. Holidays - Americans go all out for every holiday. Like, overboard. They're productions. FEASTS.

As much as yes, health care was free, I am happy I don't have to play the guess game anymore if I am sick. I was in Quebec (the Laurentides more precisely) and if I had to go see a doctor, NO WAY I could see my GP before a month or two, you have to call months early to schedule an appointment. I had to wake up at 5am and call the clinics hoping it wouldn't be full right away. Sometimes I had to try a couple days in a row before I was able to find a place somewhere.

Because yes, each clinic had a number you had to call at either 5 or 6 am. And usually, all the available places (they called them appointments) were taken within the first 5 minutes.

My husband had a bronchitis back in 2014 and we had to go to the ER at 2am. I was actually impressed to see how quickly it went. (We were out at 7 AM with blood test, Xray, Urine test done!).

Or lately, in OCTOBER he hurt his foot and we went to urgent care. 20 minutes wait before he was called in an office, 25-30 minutes for Xray and we were out.

Of course, you have to pay. But if I had the same service back in Quebec I wouldn't mind paying a little something.

I have to agree about the butter. It's so tiny and it even shows you how many tsp! I wish we had that where I lived.

[Jknee 3]

As much as yes, health care was free, I am happy I don't have to play the guess game anymore if I am sick. I was in Quebec (the Laurentides more precisely) and if I had to go see a doctor, NO WAY I could see my GP before a month or two, you have to call months early to schedule an appointment. I had to wake up at 5am and call the clinics hoping it wouldn't be full right away. Sometimes I had to try a couple days in a row before I was able to find a place somewhere.

Because yes, each clinic had a number you had to call at either 5 or 6 am. And usually, all the available places (they called them appointments) were taken within the first 5 minutes.

My husband had a bronchitis back in 2014 and we had to go to the ER at 2am. I was actually impressed to see how quickly it went. (We were out at 7 AM with blood test, Xray, Urine test done!).

Or lately, in OCTOBER he hurt his foot and we went to urgent care. 20 minutes wait before he was called in an office, 25-30 minutes for Xray and we were out.

Of course, you have to pay. But if I had the same service back in Quebec I wouldn't mind paying a little something.

I have to agree about the butter. It's so tiny and it even shows you how many tsp! I wish we had that where I lived.

Oh wow, apparently health care in Alberta is vastly different from Quebec! The longest I ever had to wait to see my family doctor was about 10 days, but usually could get in within a couple days, although that was in a small town which didn't hurt. I have yet to take advantage of my health insurance here, so we'll see how my opinion changes once that happens!

[MrsCanuck87 2]

Oh wow, apparently health care in Alberta is vastly different from Quebec! The longest I ever had to wait to see my family doctor was about 10 days, but usually could get in within a couple days, although that was in a small town which didn't hurt. I have yet to take advantage of my health insurance here, so we'll see how my opinion changes once that happens!

Haha you're lucky then. My hubby got into a car wreck and ended up on a spine board for 5 hours here in Alberta before he got to a doctor. And at least in my town, when people say they are going to the hospital you have to expect it to be an all day affair where the wait time is usually between 6 and 8 hours. Even going to the emergency room unless you are willing to drive about 1.5 hours away to go to a medical facility in the boonies that actually gets their patients in and out at a decent time.

[AMZJ 61]

I love the drinks at Sonic and proper heating/cooling in the house. I'm not there perminantly yet, but there are so many more foods for people with gluten intolerance (me) so that's great too. The schools are also nicer in SO's area than they are in mine, but I am in a bad school area.

[clairegie 265]

So sorry, this will be weird. Since trash was picked up manually in the Philippines, I was like a kid and was mesmerized when I first saw the side/front loader garbage truck pick up our trash.

I am in love with cook-out shakes and I miss NC.

[heo luoi 206]

So sorry, this will be weird. Since trash was picked up manually in the Philippines, I was like a kid and was mesmerized when I first saw the side/front loader garbage truck pick up our trash.

I am in love with cook-out shakes and I miss NC.

Whats a cook-out shake?