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Originally Posted by ManchestrMorgue
What is it like to live in the United States?
I ask because I have become a bit fascinated with the USA. It just seems like such a diverse country to me. Naturally we see lots of programs from the USA, but I imagine this does not give much of an idea of what it is like to really live in the USA.
I can imagine that the answer would be very different depending on which part of the USA that you live in.
So, for those of you that reside in the USA, I would be really interested in hearing you views on what it is like to live there (please include which part of the USA that you live in). Things like: what do you do for recreation; what are people's attitudes like; what are society's priorities; how easy/hard is it to get along financially; what are your communities like; and anything else that defines the place you live.
Unfortunately, I have never had a chance to visit the USA, so my only exposure has been through media, which rarely gives a good view of what it is like for an average person.
Please feel free to use this topic to ask others what it is like to live in their part of the world, if you are so inclined. I thought it would be interesting to share a bit of what it is like to live in our own parts of the world, what we like about it, and what we would like to see change.
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I live in the Midwest, Indianapolis to be exact. The U.S. has pros and cons about living here. I think we tend to underestimate the amount of freedom we do have, it definitely is not a perfect system though. Healthcare sucks, the wealthy rule the country (nothing new to any other country I'm sure), we are constantly being lied to by all political parties, our prisons are over crowded because we imprison people for nonsense, I could go on and on. Yet, we also have the opportunities to become wealthy and make a name for ourselves, we have the freedom to speak out against what we don't like, we have the resources to find out the truth about matters, and we have the ability to unite together and change things hopefully for the better. This country was built on rebellion and it could definitely get to that point again. I hope not, but then again, the world is over-populated, lol.
Here in the Midwest, we have a lot of backwards thinking and christian fundamentalism as well as racism (It is not as bad as it used to be but it is still prevalent). We are not as health conscious or environmentally conscious as we should be either, it has been improving dramatically in the last few years though. We still have a lot of farm country but much of what we had has been plowed away to make room for urban development
Our cost of living is still fairly low compared to other regions but so are our wages.
Here in Indiana we don't have any beaches or mountains but we have plenty of wilderness and rolling hills especially in the southern part of the state, the northern part is relatively flat and makes up the majority of our farming areas.
I'd say we have just as much recreation as anywhere else, save instead of going to the beach, we go camping instead
We are a pretty close-knit bunch as well, everyone knows everyone else in small communities and towns. That's not to say that we our unfriendly to outsiders, in fact, I'd say that we have adopted a bit of that southern hospitality mentality.
Well that's all I've got.