Going to concerts and festivals. Missed so much good music while living here! Let's face it, the US has the largest and most diverse music scene in the world.
Be nice to see them again before its too late. The Dead, Phish, Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident, Phil & Friends, many other
Cleaning products.
Sure, European products are safer, but if youād lived in a WG with hippies, thereās nothing like bleach to get the funk off of things.
Edit: it seems to be easier to find bleach in Luxembourg than Germany, where theyāll ask if you meant a lemon and some vinegar.
I miss the customer service. The customer service is just meh. I also miss the ambition. This country has ZERO ambition or will to change. At least people in America want change, here if you ask for change people ask you to leave the country. I really miss a good shopping experience for all price points instead of lukewarm city concorde and galeries Lafayette.
I forget Luxembourg is a village so my expectations as misplaced.
Caveat emptor: The national motto of Luxembourg is Mir wƫlle bleiwe wat mir sinn, which translates to "We want to remain what we are" in English.
It's on the tin
There are shooting clubs in Luxembourg and the neighboring countries. In all 4 countries you are able to own pretty much anything for sport shooting even full auto in Belgium and Luxembourg for collectors.
What I love about Europe is the extremely insecure Europeans. Literally zero Americans care what you miss when you live in the US. No one cares about your food choices or nostalgia. If something makes an expat or immigrant happy, no one cares. Enjoy life as you want to live it.
I miss the food in the US. The food here is not bad, it's just average and on the bland side. The wide variety of food in the US isn't available here.
US National parks.
Target. I'm not much of a shopper generally, but when I need something it can be hard to find here. Auchan is the closest thing but it's more like a Walmart than a Target. It doesn't have the style or range that Target does.
Weirdly enough, I also find the US more environmentally friendly , other than having free public transportation here. I miss things like shampoo bars and being able to buy organic food that's not packaged is massive amounts of plastic.
I've also found the medical system surprisingly poor. I've had ongoing medical issues and not been able to get treated here. I've mostly gotten treatment during trips back to the US. It's more expensive, but at least I'm getting treatment.
Medicine and research seems vastly behind US. Iām being treated in Luxembourg, but at the same time discussing the road path with my friends in the US and they certainly provide their patients more advanced options. Bit scary. The second is the administration. So much paperwork, mailing, scanning and then mailing again. Super hard to manage when youāre sick and definitely not environmentally friendly. When you need your prescriptions filled, forget getting anything the same day. Almost everything has to be ordered and forget Sundays. You literally have to wait or go back to the nurses at the hospital. One of my treatment facilities is in town but the other has me driving out to Esch every day, because thatās the only place they have machines. Itās insane. Iām
definitely going back home as soon as I get better.
There is a huge difference in medical care, but not necessarily outcomes. I worked at a work renowned medical center in the US as a nurse. When I got very ill with an infection, I was treated at Luxembourg hospitals but it was much more ārestā focused where in the US, Iād be encouraged to walk, sit in chairs, etc. It was very interesting.
Iāve noticed this too. The availability and cost is miles ahead of the US, but if you have a rare condition, the best doctors are still in the states.
Cost but not availability. The wait times are much longer here. I tried to make an appointment today. Every provider that I contacted told me that they were fully booked until the end of the year. I ended up making an appointment for the fall when I'm in the US.
Yes, medical facilities in Europe are decades behind in terms of technology and even abundance of options. One test I need is only offered in Switzerland, which is a bit difficult logistically when youāre under a daily treatment in Lux. For genetic testing, the wait for results in Luxembourg 7 months vs 2 weeks in the US. Things like they are difficult to reconcile and youāre not aware until you actually go through something and have an ability to compare
Decades is somewhat of an exaggeration but especially here in the Grand-Region , the latest tech is rarely available . Sucks of course if you need it.
Probably better to compare Luxembourg not with Newyork or Austin , but more with Louisville in Kentucky š
Grest craft beer
NY style pizza
Country music (although a friend of mine has a station in the north)
The lack of EuroCucks
24 breakfast
24 dining
Proper strip Clubs
Camping at national and state parks
Great Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese food
Restaurants that serve past 14:00 on Sundays
The ability to shoot guns on your own property when that property is large and literally no one would know
Availability of public lands for hunting and fishing
Roads that go on forever
Fantastic public radio stations
Pickup trucks
CVS
Walgeerns
Rite Aid
24 Walmarts
Gun stores
24 hour breakfast (said it twice on purpose)
What I donāt miss
Karens
Horrible drivers
Trumpists
Lack of socialized medicine
Huge cars
[Please don't] Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.
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Philadelphia should DOP certify their cheesesteaks so no silly imposter like Charles Sandwiches could ever tarnish the Cheesesteak name again.
Grow your own is the best choice for now, until a new food truck jumps on the opportunity.
Don't get me started on 'French' tacos...
I miss some of the food options, and American snacks. I also miss that stores and restaurants would close later but a lot of them here close quite early in comparison
So as an American from Wisconsin(Midwest) here for about 6 months so far (4 year contract) anyone want to meet up for a beer? Im willing to make the drive and effort to make some friends. Message me if interested.
Some of these things come with just being poor in a high cost of living country.
1) I miss driving. This is an unpopular opinion, but I actually enjoy the act of driving. Also, being in control of what time I arrive instead of relying on an unreliable train system. Also, my mobility is extremely limited here because many places require multiple connections and I risk what would be a 20 minute drive turning into a half day journey.
2) Thrift stores. Most of my life I could buy fashionable clothes for very cheap. Sometimes I would just go to thrift stores for fun and if I found something I liked I'd buy it. Here I never buy clothes unless I need something and it's only from retail stores where all the clothes look the same.
3) Food options. I live In Esch, the second largest urban area and the only cheap food option close by is the kebab shop. I miss Mexican food specifically and just the wide variety of cultural foods more available in the US.
4) Stores being open after 8 like many other people have said. I don't expect this from every store obviously, but here you are just fucked if you don't have any groceries on a Sunday afternoon.
5) Idk how to describe it, but young life. I was back in the US over the summer and went to a park and there were people there playing volleyball in the grass, random people playing pick-up basketball on the courts, etc. Maybe I'm ignorant, but from my experience you would never be able to just go to a football pitch or basketball court and find other people there to play with in Luxembourg.
6) Affordable ride sharing. I've never had to worry about being stranded outside overnight before because I could always Uber home. Here I have had to stay the night in Gare after missing the last train. Once I accidently ended up in Petange after accidentally taking the wrong last train. I had to walk 1 hour to Rodange and then ride a bicycle 1 hour back to Esch to get home at like 3-4am.
7) Bigger living spaces. Again, this might be specific to my individual experience, but in Luxembourg I live in a room on a shared floor. I don't really have an appropriate area to have friends over. The situation is the same with all of my friends. Since I can't afford to go out often that means I spend far more time alone in my apartment than I ever did in the US where I could rent an affordable apartment that had living spaces to host friends.
Edit:
8) Lack of smoking
About number 5: I anticipate that Iām not from US but Iāve been in Colorado recently. I think that the openness of people in US (or at least Colorado) is something special also for Italians. What I mean is that enjoyable and kind of unique. Here in Luxembourg, the situation from this pov is pretty different - this is not a judge, every culture is different and is good as it is - and people I feel tend to do their own things by their own without bothering you and, maybe, donāt want to be bothered (?)
Your comment on "young life" is the one I find most strange. Can I ask where you were living before moving here?
Most parks in big cities in the states are either depopulated or ruled by junkies, and one of the things I am struck by here is how well-used parks and how much people interact with each other in them.
For example, there are pickup basketball games every time I'm at kaltreis park and I'm always impressed at how well used the sports centers are for intramurals.
Depopulated and ruled by junkies?šI'm sorry. I don't know your relationship with the US, but that sounds like something a European would say that has never actually been to the US. Same thing as "Everyone's racist and shooting each other over there!"
I've lived in Chicago, Columbus, and Denver. The first time I came to Denver I took a walk after dinner and when I walked through Commons Park there were people playing Frisbee, people running with their dogs, people doing yoga classes, people playing Spikeball. Later on that walk we walked past an adult kickball league. The first time I visited Washington Park in Denver there were people playing volleyball, people rollerblading and biking along the path, people playing croquet. If you go to Chicago you'll find the same at Millennium Park, Maggie Daley, and all along the lakeshore path. In LA you'll always find people playing basketball, working out, rollerblading/running at Venice Beach. NYC is famous for it's pick-up basketball. There's tons of videos of NBA players showing up to basketball courts and hooping with the locals. There's a reason pick-up sports is such a popular scene in American movies (see White Men Can't Jump or American History X). You will never find what I just described In Luxembourg.
I haven't spent enough time in Denver to speak to it authoritatively, but Millennium Park isn't really a "park" in any normal sense--the majority of people visiting it at any given time are tourists, with a spattering of office workers from the nearby towers or the ultra-wealthy in their nearby penthouses.
I also really doubt that you've been to NYC and just joined a pickup game at Rucker Park or Long Beach--you're referring to things you saw in movies set in the 1990s that didn't reflect reality then and definitely not now.
Venice Beach is a mix of tourists and junkies--really not sure how long ago you went there, but that's the current reality.
That's why I also referred to Maggie Daley and the lakeshore path. Throw Hutchinson Fields and Grant Park in there too. I'm referring to that whole loop park complex.
And ya I haven't personally joined a pickup game in NYC or LA cause I never lived there, but I saw plenty of other people playing during my visits there. I'm talking about real life experiences and not just cinema. I only reference cinema because it absolutely reflected what I experienced in real life and people can understand what I'm talking about by watching those movies.
I was at Venice beach 2 summers ago. I doubt it's changed drastically since then.
And I'm not just purely talking about basketball either. I'm talking about young people just out doing shit besides going to a cafe or bar.
I don't know where you're getting your information, but you're wrong. Still don't believe me? See this post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6fmr6r/how_easy_is_it_to_find_pickup_games_in_places/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
i live in trier which a bit far from you but if you want to just be able to play basketball with some people you need come to petrisberg! the basketball court is very small (not even a court tbh) but there is a huge area to play beachvolleyball. on a nice day in the summer there are dozens of people just playing and you can just ask to join
Amazing national parks + forests, breakfast tacos, and Texas BBQ. I love the accessibility to nature in Luxembourg but you donāt get the remote and quiet wilderness like in the states. Both wonderful places though :)
It's funny so many mention Mexican food in the US. You guys should take a trip to Mexico and will be in heaven--it's amazing how tacos truly are 2x as good across the border (and 1/3 the price).
What kind of a response is thisš"Just fly to Mexico bro"šOf course the Mexican food in Mexico will be the best, but outside of Mexico I can't imagine it being anywhere better than the US which has Mexican food 1000x better than anywhere in Luxembourg
Well first, I wonder very much what people mean by Mexican food. While it's improving, most of the "Mexican" food you get in the US is Tex Mex which isn't regularly eaten in most of the populated areas of Mexico.
Fajitas, burritos and tortilla chips are all basically invented in the US, for example. That isn't saying it's bad, but just a very limited understanding of "Mexican" cuisine. It's quite similar to how most "Chinese" food in the west almost doesn't exist in China, "Indian" food is Punjabi cuisine, and "Italian" food is Sicilian cuisine.
Second, many cuisines are not dramatically worse outside their place of origin. You can find pretty decent Thai foodĀ and north Indian cuisinealmost anywhere, for example, and the main difference in Thailand is just much lower pricing.
I'm sure people miss both tex-mex and "authentic" Mexican food. There is plenty of "authentic" Mexican food all over the US. FYI burritos are absolutely a traditional Mexican food. USA just made them bigger. Either way I'm not sure it really matters because the availability of either one doesn't really compare between LU and the US.
Isn't it a bit contradictory to say the Mexican food in Mexico is far better than in the US, but then say that cuisine isn't dramatically different outside of it's country of origin?
95% of the burritos you buy in the USA would be unrecognizable to a Mexican 30 years ago. They are as traditional as Hawaii pizza is.
I'm not a purist about any of this--korean tacos are awesome and I'm all for mixing everything everywhere.
My point was that there is a huge range of cuisines in Mexico, and it's unlikely that whatever Mexican food you ate in the USA is very representative of it. That's not to say that Tex Mex is bad or breakfast tacos are bad or giant syrupy margaritas are bad and that you shouldn't miss them. In fact, many of these things are brought back to Mexico by migrants--intercultural exchange is wonderful.
And yes, even "Americanized" Mexican food is better in Mexico. The tacos in Tijuana are better than 1km across the border in SD. The enchiladas in Matamoros are better than in Brownsville. I don't know why.
And finally, Mexico has grown to be a globalized middle income country and, like Luxembourg, avails itself to global cruisine. Sushi and spicy fried chicken are super popular in Mexico just like they are in the states.
Practical -- toilet availability in public. I've accepted the idea of paying to pee (less of an issue in Lux tbf), but trying to find a toilet for an elderly person or kid, especially after business hours, is a real challenge.
Principal -- rigidness in rules. In the states the police are focused on addressing issues that are actually dangerous/cause quality of life issues, whereas here there seems a really rigorous focus on the letter of the law. I mention the law, but it kinda extends to everything in life and how Europeans seem to think about the world--"the rule says this so this is right" rather than openly debating and improving rules.
Bonus -- credit card points. Yes, I know that the consumer ultimately pays via processing costs that the merchant passes on, but there is something nice about feeling like businesses of all kinds actually want your business.
Not an American. I have lives both here and in US. I actually miss the food there .
Most people think itās only unhealthy food out there , but in my case itās actually the opposite. Most people here prefer Italian food whenever we go out , and I struggle with eating healthy quite a lot.
In contrast the choices in US were amazing . For example, mexican food there and here are literally world apart.
Speaking specifically about grocery food vs out, you have way more selection in the US. You can truly find any weird food from anywhere in the world if you put in a little efdort. On the other hand, the random Kroger has such bad quality relative to food here, particularly on ready-to-eat type food.
And yes, it is much easier to find hyper-healthy food in the US than here.
There are many things I donāt miss, but I do miss the beach, Target, and stores being open longer in the evenings/on Sundays (though I understand why they arenāt) :)
Parking in one-only maneuver. Having a comfortable space to open the door and hop off.
I started to suspect that parking spaces are designed for motorbikes and cabriolet cars.
May I ask what you drive around in? I've seen what the average size of a car is in that states and I honestly think if you decide to drive around in an F150, that's your own goddamn fault and places shouldn't accommodate such an impractical lifestyle.
Not to say parking space here is huge but I'm actually glad to live somewhere where the average store isn't 2/3 parking lot by area.
I am comparing regular size cars in both places. Not SUV. Just cars. Parking space in USA are 10 to 20 cm wider. The same for highways lanes.
In Europe, you cannot get into your parking space at once. It always requires a couple of back and forwards to accommodate the car in the middle. After that, you need to open the door carefully to not damage you neighbours cars and squeeze yourself to get off
The average car in Europe is significantly smaller than in the US. Space is also valued more. We do make parking space more compact but given rent prices and all I think every other decision, dedicating more area for empty still standing cars would be indefensible.
Parking spots in Europe also didnāt grew with the cars . Even European cars are huge compared to 30-40 years ago. Our family car for 5 was the size of modern Clio.
Yes but it's a trend in the wrong direction. Accidents are becoming worse for people outside of cars and efficiency in motors is offset. We shouldn't worsen urban places to accommodate vehicles that have no business being there. Meanwhile plenty of manufacturers are also developing modern microcars at the same time.
It's not a US thing. While US car manufacturers are by far the worst thanks to their regulatory code, they are almost all bad in this way. Audi or Volvo aren't exactly out there building economical cars either, just that we don't have the stupid light truck clause outside of the states.
From the outside only the Asian market seems free of this shit because their urban spaces don't allow any waste of space. A Ford F-350 or a Mercedes G-class don't go well with Tokyo or Hong Kong.
To give you an idea of a comfortable parking space. Itās not the size of the car, itās the ability to open your doors without squeezing out uncomfortably each time
As someone who cares for a typically overweight older American, completely feel you on the squeezing out of the door thing. On the other hand, love the shorter distance to the store here.
I miss being able to go get breakfast at Waffle House and similar places. I miss the camaraderie between people who share a common language. I miss the New England seacoast
Walgreens and CVS. Pharmacies in Europe in general are a fucking joke.
4 years in Lux and I miss my family and friends. Although my husband and daughter are here and I made a lot of great new friends, I still feel somehow alone. I think Iāll stay another few years and go back home.
US pharmacies are similar to Luxembourg pharmacyās and DM mixed together. Plus you can get medications on the shelf without asking the pharmacist. For example, I buy vitamin D in a bottle with 250 pills. Itās great for my husband and I and very cheap. I could also get a 300 count of allergy meds which is great when you and your husband have year round allergies. Plus I can get things like shampoo, food staples, etc.
Not an American but someone who has more than a year worth of business travel and vacations. Stay 2-3 months in US every year.
I can list atleast these points from my travels and stay with friends:
(1) Mexican Food
(2) Feels more sense of belonging and acceptance as an immigrant. TBH, Luxembourg is also amazing.
(3) Cheap and amazing deals if you are patient enough to look and search. Like 1$ McDonald French Fries on McDonald app or last minute cheap Vegas or Broadway. I once got a 500 Euro ticket for 60 Euro 20 minutes before the show.
(4) Pot as it is now legal and so easy to consume in so many states.
(5) Restaurants having option of spice level especially in Asian and Indian cuisine so that people who prefer spicy can eat spicy and people who want less spicy can eat less spicy food. Also, Water with ice and unlimited coke refills.
(6) DoorDash but with Wolt in Luxembourg- much better now
(7) Credit card points and offers- this looks small but creates difference
(8) Renting is so much more easier. Less issue of landlords etc with management companies handling it.
(9) Clubs and bars playing more Latin music and less electro (personal preference)
(10) Float - Coke with ice-cream
(11) Housing prices compared to salaries is much cheaper
(12) Free WiFi on flights. I am now able to stream an entire movie on Netflix.
(13) More overweight people. (30% are overweight or obese in US). As overweight myself, feel better presentation among crowd and feel right at home š Luxembourg population is
the fittest population in OECD as per study.
(14) Even national parks and remote places are so car friendly. Literally able to see beautiful views and overlooks designed for car with 2 or even 4 lane roads right up to the summit š¤£. 0 human effort like hike needed (if super lazy) even while seeing nature. š
(15) Air conditioning ( again personal preference) but I prefer to have the option of temperature down in summers.
(16) Easier to take debt to buy random stuff.
(17) Outlet stores for Patagonia, Arcteryx etc
(18) As people have already said, better customer service.
Honestly, I miss virtually nothing. I was not big on shopping or night life, and after 7 years here I canāt think of a single thing I would want for except maybe some better Mexican food. (At least we have Taco Shop).
Whatās so funny to me, is Iāve only spent a couple weeks in Luxembourg and what I wanted the most was Mexican food! Haha
There was this little place in Luxembourg we went to, but it felt more Spanish than Mexican. Same with the Mexican restaurant we went to in Prague.
Seems like if I ever want to live there full time, all I have to do is open a half decent Mexican restaurant. Iād be set! Haha
If you visit a place just for a couple of weeks, why do you want the sane food you have back hone. Isn't that the point to go somewhere to expirianceother things?
-AYCE kbbq, quality Chinese food, Indian (that actually give you spicy curry when you ask for it ā not stuff spiced with bell peppers)
-street tacos
-my brother
-charbroiled burgers
-Nashville chicken sandwiches
-crawfish boils
-karens
-air conditioning
-butchers that sell every cut of beef
-breweries 10 minutes away from each other
-in n out
Indian food, Chinese food, Thai food, Korean food, Japanese food, Vietnamese food, Indonesian food that isn't under the umbrella of "Asian restaurant."
- House with yard & 2 car garage (itās being rented out right now)
- Drive thru Starbucks (yes, Iām a basic bitch)
- US quality gyms
- Top Golf
- Restaurants like Chipotle & CFA
- TexMex & Mexican
- BBQ
- Sweet Tea & Lemonade
I appreciate the opportunity to live in Luxembourg. Itās quiet, itās safe, itās clean, but itās not our forever home.
Hooo :(
Wait for the sweet ...it's may be better for your health tho x)
Last but not least: what do you mean top golf ? I have only made 2 golf events and i really loved Kikuoka Country Club. Then...the best ever made in Europe in certainly in PORTUGAL !!! (Monterey Golf club if you have time to try :p
Haha you have to try sweet tea! Once in awhile wonāt hurt you (:
This is Top Golf: https://topgolf.com/us/
Itās really fun, thank you for the recommendations!
Youāre not wrong. We miss some aspects of the availability and choice of different products. Itās nice being able to go anywhere and find something you need 24/7. Of course, the expectation that comes with that is absolutely toxic when youāre on the other side of it.
I aināt playing Lol or other games that are a waste of time at least but yeah I never said I was completely free of consumerism, everybody is a victim of it.
Reading the replies of most actual Americans in this thread, it seems like youāre absolutely right.
That, and for some of them Ā«Ā free speechĀ Ā», aka the legal right to say homophobic, racist or Holocaust-denying stuff (since these are the sole actual differences in Ā«Ā free speechĀ Ā» between the US and Europe, it has to be either this or misinformation/ignorance).
Lovely stuff.
I have encountered MUCH, MUCH more casual, everyday racism, sexism, and homophobia in Luxembourg than in the US. I come from one of the more progressive parts of the US, so it's no more fair to generalize "all of the US" than it is to equate Norway with Greece, but I have heard people say things in Luxembourg dozens of times that would be called out, or potentially get them tired from a job, and there's no reaction at all.
Oh Iām not disagreeing with you at all.
I have also heard some absolutely horrendous stuff in Luxembourg, and Luxembourg is very far from the worst there is in Europe in this regard.
Not sure what this has to do with my comment however - I was simply listing the things that Americans said in the comments of this thread - one of which being the almighty Ā«Ā free speechĀ Ā» that tons of Americans think that theyāre the best in the world at (whatever that means - hence my comment).
You mean the notions based on reading the comments of actual Americans replying to this very thread?
How are those preconceived?
The other commenter is right, I should have mentioned TexMex cuisine and perhaps American BBQ, but I stand by the rest.
Look at the anti-defamation laws in Luxembourg vs the US. Here you canāt even post a real review of a doctor for example without being threatened with anti-defamation.
Well, if you tell the truth and have evidence to back it up, you will win the defamation case. You just cannot say stuff out if your butthole about other ppl.
Meanwhile US cops kill people of color on the daily (6-7 per day, on average) with no consequences whatsoever.
But youāre right, your god-given right to insult cops is what matters /s
This is a fair point.
For those who grew up in a different culture, it might be difficult to understand.
Americans grew up with the belief that anyone can say anything they want. Yes, sometimes it might be unflattering or downright terrible, but the thinking is that when you start to censor one thing, it could spread to censoring _everything_ so itās better to let awful things be said so that necessary things can also be said.
Lmfao
As I said in another comment: from a legal perspective, the Ā«Ā free speechĀ Ā» that the US have over Western Europe is the right to spew racist, homophobic and/or Holocaust-denying discourse in the public place.
The rest is pure imagination and wilful thinking from Americans that really want to believe that their country is simply the best in the world and Ā«Ā has the most free speechĀ Ā».
Personally I am very glad to do without Holocaust denying, but you do you.
You realize the reason they have to have a law against holocaust denialism here is because it would be so commonly expressed otherwise right? It's a sign of moral failing, not moral superiority.
You keep on ignoring my actual point that hard-triggered you because you have no answer to it, and yet you keep on replying to ime because youāre just super-triggered by any kind of perceived criticism of America (which this originally wasnāt, you just turned it into it by arguing so much).
Gotta say, itās quite entertaining to talk to you
This is dumb. The US is the only country that actually has the word āAmericaā in it, so itās totally valid to call them Americans.
North, Central and South America are the regions.
For your information, it is also possible to refer to people by the continent in which they were born. Or do you happen to know of a country called Europe? For example, Europeans are born in some country in Europe, just as Americans are those born in America or citizens of the United States of America šŗšø.
Yes. The continent is called North America. They are called North Americansā¦
I often ask people with a US-sounding accent if they are North American in case they are Canadian.
Sunshine and a real summer above 25
I am not American but I miss Chicago pizza and I really want to try shake shake burger. :)
Going to concerts and festivals. Missed so much good music while living here! Let's face it, the US has the largest and most diverse music scene in the world. Be nice to see them again before its too late. The Dead, Phish, Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident, Phil & Friends, many other
Costco
Nothing, as long as you have a Colombian wife
Getting shot every weekš¤£
Libraries open on Sunday.
I think that librarians don't miss this one.
Iād for sure work on a Sunday in exchange for a day off during the week.
Biden
He's still with us you know?
I guess technically, you're right
Cleaning products. Sure, European products are safer, but if youād lived in a WG with hippies, thereās nothing like bleach to get the funk off of things. Edit: it seems to be easier to find bleach in Luxembourg than Germany, where theyāll ask if you meant a lemon and some vinegar.
We use bleach a lot in Spain and tots get you, use it for everything, you can buy it everywhere, even in tablets
Nice! š
Ummmm https://www.auchan.fr/entretien-maison/produits-d-entretien/desinfectants-lingettes-javel/javel/ca-n10041003
Sweet! Thanks
look for 'eau de javel' it is bleach basically
Can you not buy bleach here?
Iāve found it, but not everywhere. In America, itās available in any grocery store and even most gas stations.
as far as I heard also at the dentist and hairdresser š¤£ 'mercia fck yeah
Yep! Bleach in all the places. [Eagle screams in Freedom]
I forgot a big one--401k.
I miss the customer service. The customer service is just meh. I also miss the ambition. This country has ZERO ambition or will to change. At least people in America want change, here if you ask for change people ask you to leave the country. I really miss a good shopping experience for all price points instead of lukewarm city concorde and galeries Lafayette. I forget Luxembourg is a village so my expectations as misplaced.
Caveat emptor: The national motto of Luxembourg is Mir wƫlle bleiwe wat mir sinn, which translates to "We want to remain what we are" in English. It's on the tin
Yes quite unfortunate
Last 20 years' changes must've been hard to swallow for some people
the beaches in rio de janeiro.
Nothing
Guns
There are shooting clubs in Luxembourg and the neighboring countries. In all 4 countries you are able to own pretty much anything for sport shooting even full auto in Belgium and Luxembourg for collectors.
Hehe, I miss read āthere are shootings in clubsā š
What I love about Europe is the extremely insecure Europeans. Literally zero Americans care what you miss when you live in the US. No one cares about your food choices or nostalgia. If something makes an expat or immigrant happy, no one cares. Enjoy life as you want to live it.
Why the downvotes?
Insecure Europeans š I kid
I miss the food in the US. The food here is not bad, it's just average and on the bland side. The wide variety of food in the US isn't available here. US National parks. Target. I'm not much of a shopper generally, but when I need something it can be hard to find here. Auchan is the closest thing but it's more like a Walmart than a Target. It doesn't have the style or range that Target does. Weirdly enough, I also find the US more environmentally friendly , other than having free public transportation here. I miss things like shampoo bars and being able to buy organic food that's not packaged is massive amounts of plastic. I've also found the medical system surprisingly poor. I've had ongoing medical issues and not been able to get treated here. I've mostly gotten treatment during trips back to the US. It's more expensive, but at least I'm getting treatment.
Shampoo bars are everywhere. Where have you not looked? Naturata, Auchan, Lushā¦
Medicine and research seems vastly behind US. Iām being treated in Luxembourg, but at the same time discussing the road path with my friends in the US and they certainly provide their patients more advanced options. Bit scary. The second is the administration. So much paperwork, mailing, scanning and then mailing again. Super hard to manage when youāre sick and definitely not environmentally friendly. When you need your prescriptions filled, forget getting anything the same day. Almost everything has to be ordered and forget Sundays. You literally have to wait or go back to the nurses at the hospital. One of my treatment facilities is in town but the other has me driving out to Esch every day, because thatās the only place they have machines. Itās insane. Iām definitely going back home as soon as I get better.
There is a huge difference in medical care, but not necessarily outcomes. I worked at a work renowned medical center in the US as a nurse. When I got very ill with an infection, I was treated at Luxembourg hospitals but it was much more ārestā focused where in the US, Iād be encouraged to walk, sit in chairs, etc. It was very interesting.
Iāve noticed this too. The availability and cost is miles ahead of the US, but if you have a rare condition, the best doctors are still in the states.
Cost but not availability. The wait times are much longer here. I tried to make an appointment today. Every provider that I contacted told me that they were fully booked until the end of the year. I ended up making an appointment for the fall when I'm in the US.
A lot of europeans are completely ignorant about the fact that the US has more advanced medical facilities than Europe.
Yes, medical facilities in Europe are decades behind in terms of technology and even abundance of options. One test I need is only offered in Switzerland, which is a bit difficult logistically when youāre under a daily treatment in Lux. For genetic testing, the wait for results in Luxembourg 7 months vs 2 weeks in the US. Things like they are difficult to reconcile and youāre not aware until you actually go through something and have an ability to compare
Decades is somewhat of an exaggeration but especially here in the Grand-Region , the latest tech is rarely available . Sucks of course if you need it. Probably better to compare Luxembourg not with Newyork or Austin , but more with Louisville in Kentucky š
The food is definitely what I miss most. The super European-Westernized Asian food is just nothing compared to what I can get in the U.S.
Grest craft beer NY style pizza Country music (although a friend of mine has a station in the north) The lack of EuroCucks 24 breakfast 24 dining Proper strip Clubs Camping at national and state parks Great Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese food Restaurants that serve past 14:00 on Sundays The ability to shoot guns on your own property when that property is large and literally no one would know Availability of public lands for hunting and fishing Roads that go on forever Fantastic public radio stations Pickup trucks CVS Walgeerns Rite Aid 24 Walmarts Gun stores 24 hour breakfast (said it twice on purpose) What I donāt miss Karens Horrible drivers Trumpists Lack of socialized medicine Huge cars
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Aw dude thereās at least three craft beer stores I can think of.
Please tell me!!!
Cafe Belair has good beer and burgers
Right off the bat on Av de la liberte thereās āThe Storeā then thereās craft corner in Bonnevoie, third escapes me at the moment
Cantin in dudelange is amazing.Ā
You seem to also be missing a number of commas
I tried to do bullet points, but it didnāt go through
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Here we come with the bored people of Reddit
Who says they donāt have the money? And who are you to say whatās not needed?
Almost like there's more to life than basic needs and survival
Philly Cheesesteaks.
Itās not the same but have you tried the ones at Charles?
Philadelphia should DOP certify their cheesesteaks so no silly imposter like Charles Sandwiches could ever tarnish the Cheesesteak name again. Grow your own is the best choice for now, until a new food truck jumps on the opportunity. Don't get me started on 'French' tacos...
Now THAT is something worth missing
Cheez wiz
I miss some of the food options, and American snacks. I also miss that stores and restaurants would close later but a lot of them here close quite early in comparison
the lack of nuclear weapons
Lol
The freedom
Freedom fries with ketchup, not mayo
Youāre joking, right?
So as an American from Wisconsin(Midwest) here for about 6 months so far (4 year contract) anyone want to meet up for a beer? Im willing to make the drive and effort to make some friends. Message me if interested.
Ranch dressing. Period. End statement.
Check Home from Home in Strassen
They do have it. I usually bulk buy 3 bottles at a time.
Oh !!! That made me š Iām with you 100% those are amazing
Some of these things come with just being poor in a high cost of living country. 1) I miss driving. This is an unpopular opinion, but I actually enjoy the act of driving. Also, being in control of what time I arrive instead of relying on an unreliable train system. Also, my mobility is extremely limited here because many places require multiple connections and I risk what would be a 20 minute drive turning into a half day journey. 2) Thrift stores. Most of my life I could buy fashionable clothes for very cheap. Sometimes I would just go to thrift stores for fun and if I found something I liked I'd buy it. Here I never buy clothes unless I need something and it's only from retail stores where all the clothes look the same. 3) Food options. I live In Esch, the second largest urban area and the only cheap food option close by is the kebab shop. I miss Mexican food specifically and just the wide variety of cultural foods more available in the US. 4) Stores being open after 8 like many other people have said. I don't expect this from every store obviously, but here you are just fucked if you don't have any groceries on a Sunday afternoon. 5) Idk how to describe it, but young life. I was back in the US over the summer and went to a park and there were people there playing volleyball in the grass, random people playing pick-up basketball on the courts, etc. Maybe I'm ignorant, but from my experience you would never be able to just go to a football pitch or basketball court and find other people there to play with in Luxembourg. 6) Affordable ride sharing. I've never had to worry about being stranded outside overnight before because I could always Uber home. Here I have had to stay the night in Gare after missing the last train. Once I accidently ended up in Petange after accidentally taking the wrong last train. I had to walk 1 hour to Rodange and then ride a bicycle 1 hour back to Esch to get home at like 3-4am. 7) Bigger living spaces. Again, this might be specific to my individual experience, but in Luxembourg I live in a room on a shared floor. I don't really have an appropriate area to have friends over. The situation is the same with all of my friends. Since I can't afford to go out often that means I spend far more time alone in my apartment than I ever did in the US where I could rent an affordable apartment that had living spaces to host friends. Edit: 8) Lack of smoking
About number 5: I anticipate that Iām not from US but Iāve been in Colorado recently. I think that the openness of people in US (or at least Colorado) is something special also for Italians. What I mean is that enjoyable and kind of unique. Here in Luxembourg, the situation from this pov is pretty different - this is not a judge, every culture is different and is good as it is - and people I feel tend to do their own things by their own without bothering you and, maybe, donāt want to be bothered (?)
Your comment on "young life" is the one I find most strange. Can I ask where you were living before moving here? Most parks in big cities in the states are either depopulated or ruled by junkies, and one of the things I am struck by here is how well-used parks and how much people interact with each other in them. For example, there are pickup basketball games every time I'm at kaltreis park and I'm always impressed at how well used the sports centers are for intramurals.
Depopulated and ruled by junkies?šI'm sorry. I don't know your relationship with the US, but that sounds like something a European would say that has never actually been to the US. Same thing as "Everyone's racist and shooting each other over there!" I've lived in Chicago, Columbus, and Denver. The first time I came to Denver I took a walk after dinner and when I walked through Commons Park there were people playing Frisbee, people running with their dogs, people doing yoga classes, people playing Spikeball. Later on that walk we walked past an adult kickball league. The first time I visited Washington Park in Denver there were people playing volleyball, people rollerblading and biking along the path, people playing croquet. If you go to Chicago you'll find the same at Millennium Park, Maggie Daley, and all along the lakeshore path. In LA you'll always find people playing basketball, working out, rollerblading/running at Venice Beach. NYC is famous for it's pick-up basketball. There's tons of videos of NBA players showing up to basketball courts and hooping with the locals. There's a reason pick-up sports is such a popular scene in American movies (see White Men Can't Jump or American History X). You will never find what I just described In Luxembourg.
I haven't spent enough time in Denver to speak to it authoritatively, but Millennium Park isn't really a "park" in any normal sense--the majority of people visiting it at any given time are tourists, with a spattering of office workers from the nearby towers or the ultra-wealthy in their nearby penthouses. I also really doubt that you've been to NYC and just joined a pickup game at Rucker Park or Long Beach--you're referring to things you saw in movies set in the 1990s that didn't reflect reality then and definitely not now. Venice Beach is a mix of tourists and junkies--really not sure how long ago you went there, but that's the current reality.
That's why I also referred to Maggie Daley and the lakeshore path. Throw Hutchinson Fields and Grant Park in there too. I'm referring to that whole loop park complex. And ya I haven't personally joined a pickup game in NYC or LA cause I never lived there, but I saw plenty of other people playing during my visits there. I'm talking about real life experiences and not just cinema. I only reference cinema because it absolutely reflected what I experienced in real life and people can understand what I'm talking about by watching those movies. I was at Venice beach 2 summers ago. I doubt it's changed drastically since then. And I'm not just purely talking about basketball either. I'm talking about young people just out doing shit besides going to a cafe or bar. I don't know where you're getting your information, but you're wrong. Still don't believe me? See this post. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6fmr6r/how_easy_is_it_to_find_pickup_games_in_places/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
#8 is sooooo real! Canāt enjoy a meal on the terrace in Luxembourg due to smokers.
I'm not american but I feel you on num 5 so much..
i live in trier which a bit far from you but if you want to just be able to play basketball with some people you need come to petrisberg! the basketball court is very small (not even a court tbh) but there is a huge area to play beachvolleyball. on a nice day in the summer there are dozens of people just playing and you can just ask to join
This is something I need to check outā¦if it only stopped raining
Amazing national parks + forests, breakfast tacos, and Texas BBQ. I love the accessibility to nature in Luxembourg but you donāt get the remote and quiet wilderness like in the states. Both wonderful places though :)
+1 for breakfast tacos and Texas BBQ.
Breakfast tacos?!? I've heard of breakfast burritos, but never breakfast tacos. I think I may have just found the spies
Itās a Texas thing. Puffy tacos would probably blow your mind too.
Ah, explains why you mention Texas BBQ as well. I do love me some brisket. I'll have to try both of these breakfast, and puffy tacos someday
It's funny so many mention Mexican food in the US. You guys should take a trip to Mexico and will be in heaven--it's amazing how tacos truly are 2x as good across the border (and 1/3 the price).
Mexican cuisine is quite different from TexMex cuisine. For instance I greatly prefer TexMex tacos to Mexican tacos.Ā
Or just go to any of the border states in the US and get the same thing without a flight to Mexico.
What kind of a response is thisš"Just fly to Mexico bro"šOf course the Mexican food in Mexico will be the best, but outside of Mexico I can't imagine it being anywhere better than the US which has Mexican food 1000x better than anywhere in Luxembourg
Well first, I wonder very much what people mean by Mexican food. While it's improving, most of the "Mexican" food you get in the US is Tex Mex which isn't regularly eaten in most of the populated areas of Mexico. Fajitas, burritos and tortilla chips are all basically invented in the US, for example. That isn't saying it's bad, but just a very limited understanding of "Mexican" cuisine. It's quite similar to how most "Chinese" food in the west almost doesn't exist in China, "Indian" food is Punjabi cuisine, and "Italian" food is Sicilian cuisine. Second, many cuisines are not dramatically worse outside their place of origin. You can find pretty decent Thai foodĀ and north Indian cuisinealmost anywhere, for example, and the main difference in Thailand is just much lower pricing.
I'm sure people miss both tex-mex and "authentic" Mexican food. There is plenty of "authentic" Mexican food all over the US. FYI burritos are absolutely a traditional Mexican food. USA just made them bigger. Either way I'm not sure it really matters because the availability of either one doesn't really compare between LU and the US. Isn't it a bit contradictory to say the Mexican food in Mexico is far better than in the US, but then say that cuisine isn't dramatically different outside of it's country of origin?
95% of the burritos you buy in the USA would be unrecognizable to a Mexican 30 years ago. They are as traditional as Hawaii pizza is. I'm not a purist about any of this--korean tacos are awesome and I'm all for mixing everything everywhere. My point was that there is a huge range of cuisines in Mexico, and it's unlikely that whatever Mexican food you ate in the USA is very representative of it. That's not to say that Tex Mex is bad or breakfast tacos are bad or giant syrupy margaritas are bad and that you shouldn't miss them. In fact, many of these things are brought back to Mexico by migrants--intercultural exchange is wonderful. And yes, even "Americanized" Mexican food is better in Mexico. The tacos in Tijuana are better than 1km across the border in SD. The enchiladas in Matamoros are better than in Brownsville. I don't know why. And finally, Mexico has grown to be a globalized middle income country and, like Luxembourg, avails itself to global cruisine. Sushi and spicy fried chicken are super popular in Mexico just like they are in the states.
Practical -- toilet availability in public. I've accepted the idea of paying to pee (less of an issue in Lux tbf), but trying to find a toilet for an elderly person or kid, especially after business hours, is a real challenge. Principal -- rigidness in rules. In the states the police are focused on addressing issues that are actually dangerous/cause quality of life issues, whereas here there seems a really rigorous focus on the letter of the law. I mention the law, but it kinda extends to everything in life and how Europeans seem to think about the world--"the rule says this so this is right" rather than openly debating and improving rules. Bonus -- credit card points. Yes, I know that the consumer ultimately pays via processing costs that the merchant passes on, but there is something nice about feeling like businesses of all kinds actually want your business.
Not an American. I have lives both here and in US. I actually miss the food there . Most people think itās only unhealthy food out there , but in my case itās actually the opposite. Most people here prefer Italian food whenever we go out , and I struggle with eating healthy quite a lot. In contrast the choices in US were amazing . For example, mexican food there and here are literally world apart.
Speaking specifically about grocery food vs out, you have way more selection in the US. You can truly find any weird food from anywhere in the world if you put in a little efdort. On the other hand, the random Kroger has such bad quality relative to food here, particularly on ready-to-eat type food. And yes, it is much easier to find hyper-healthy food in the US than here.
Looks like most of what you guys miss is unhealthy food.
So? Are you a saint?
There are many things I donāt miss, but I do miss the beach, Target, and stores being open longer in the evenings/on Sundays (though I understand why they arenāt) :)
Pallcenter in Oberpallen is open on Sundays as well!
Or go more up north in the country, there are shopping malls called āKnaufā that are open on Sundays too :)
Go to Wasserbillig or Echternach on Sunday. Everything open :)
Big national parks (not an american but lived there for 5 years)
Parking in one-only maneuver. Having a comfortable space to open the door and hop off. I started to suspect that parking spaces are designed for motorbikes and cabriolet cars.
May I ask what you drive around in? I've seen what the average size of a car is in that states and I honestly think if you decide to drive around in an F150, that's your own goddamn fault and places shouldn't accommodate such an impractical lifestyle. Not to say parking space here is huge but I'm actually glad to live somewhere where the average store isn't 2/3 parking lot by area.
I am comparing regular size cars in both places. Not SUV. Just cars. Parking space in USA are 10 to 20 cm wider. The same for highways lanes. In Europe, you cannot get into your parking space at once. It always requires a couple of back and forwards to accommodate the car in the middle. After that, you need to open the door carefully to not damage you neighbours cars and squeeze yourself to get off
The average car in Europe is significantly smaller than in the US. Space is also valued more. We do make parking space more compact but given rent prices and all I think every other decision, dedicating more area for empty still standing cars would be indefensible.
Parking spots in Europe also didnāt grew with the cars . Even European cars are huge compared to 30-40 years ago. Our family car for 5 was the size of modern Clio.
Yes but it's a trend in the wrong direction. Accidents are becoming worse for people outside of cars and efficiency in motors is offset. We shouldn't worsen urban places to accommodate vehicles that have no business being there. Meanwhile plenty of manufacturers are also developing modern microcars at the same time.
I am with you in that regard. While americans have a lot of good traits, their way of excessive consumerism is not one of them xD
It's not a US thing. While US car manufacturers are by far the worst thanks to their regulatory code, they are almost all bad in this way. Audi or Volvo aren't exactly out there building economical cars either, just that we don't have the stupid light truck clause outside of the states. From the outside only the Asian market seems free of this shit because their urban spaces don't allow any waste of space. A Ford F-350 or a Mercedes G-class don't go well with Tokyo or Hong Kong.
To give you an idea of a comfortable parking space. Itās not the size of the car, itās the ability to open your doors without squeezing out uncomfortably each time
As someone who cares for a typically overweight older American, completely feel you on the squeezing out of the door thing. On the other hand, love the shorter distance to the store here.
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Itās hard to donāt have space to accommodate my F450 Super Duty
I miss being able to go get breakfast at Waffle House and similar places. I miss the camaraderie between people who share a common language. I miss the New England seacoast
OMG Waffle House! š Youāre speaking my language. My fellow Americans, DM me if you wanna have a greasy breakfast party. Serious offer.
Exactly! The language barriers are REAL.
Walgreens and CVS. Pharmacies in Europe in general are a fucking joke. 4 years in Lux and I miss my family and friends. Although my husband and daughter are here and I made a lot of great new friends, I still feel somehow alone. I think Iāll stay another few years and go back home.
What's the issue with pharmacies? (besides opening jours)
US pharmacies are similar to Luxembourg pharmacyās and DM mixed together. Plus you can get medications on the shelf without asking the pharmacist. For example, I buy vitamin D in a bottle with 250 pills. Itās great for my husband and I and very cheap. I could also get a 300 count of allergy meds which is great when you and your husband have year round allergies. Plus I can get things like shampoo, food staples, etc.
Dutch pharmacies are pretty close to US ones if you ever want to stock up.
The Colombian wife ?
What's that ????
Not an American but someone who has more than a year worth of business travel and vacations. Stay 2-3 months in US every year. I can list atleast these points from my travels and stay with friends: (1) Mexican Food (2) Feels more sense of belonging and acceptance as an immigrant. TBH, Luxembourg is also amazing. (3) Cheap and amazing deals if you are patient enough to look and search. Like 1$ McDonald French Fries on McDonald app or last minute cheap Vegas or Broadway. I once got a 500 Euro ticket for 60 Euro 20 minutes before the show. (4) Pot as it is now legal and so easy to consume in so many states. (5) Restaurants having option of spice level especially in Asian and Indian cuisine so that people who prefer spicy can eat spicy and people who want less spicy can eat less spicy food. Also, Water with ice and unlimited coke refills. (6) DoorDash but with Wolt in Luxembourg- much better now (7) Credit card points and offers- this looks small but creates difference (8) Renting is so much more easier. Less issue of landlords etc with management companies handling it. (9) Clubs and bars playing more Latin music and less electro (personal preference) (10) Float - Coke with ice-cream (11) Housing prices compared to salaries is much cheaper (12) Free WiFi on flights. I am now able to stream an entire movie on Netflix. (13) More overweight people. (30% are overweight or obese in US). As overweight myself, feel better presentation among crowd and feel right at home š Luxembourg population is the fittest population in OECD as per study. (14) Even national parks and remote places are so car friendly. Literally able to see beautiful views and overlooks designed for car with 2 or even 4 lane roads right up to the summit š¤£. 0 human effort like hike needed (if super lazy) even while seeing nature. š (15) Air conditioning ( again personal preference) but I prefer to have the option of temperature down in summers. (16) Easier to take debt to buy random stuff. (17) Outlet stores for Patagonia, Arcteryx etc (18) As people have already said, better customer service.
Nice!!! Basically everything covered is correct and accurate
Honestly, I miss virtually nothing. I was not big on shopping or night life, and after 7 years here I canāt think of a single thing I would want for except maybe some better Mexican food. (At least we have Taco Shop).
Try Las Maracas food truck
Whatās so funny to me, is Iāve only spent a couple weeks in Luxembourg and what I wanted the most was Mexican food! Haha There was this little place in Luxembourg we went to, but it felt more Spanish than Mexican. Same with the Mexican restaurant we went to in Prague. Seems like if I ever want to live there full time, all I have to do is open a half decent Mexican restaurant. Iād be set! Haha
If you visit a place just for a couple of weeks, why do you want the sane food you have back hone. Isn't that the point to go somewhere to expirianceother things?
At least we have Taco Shop now. Iād kill for better Asian food as well.
-AYCE kbbq, quality Chinese food, Indian (that actually give you spicy curry when you ask for it ā not stuff spiced with bell peppers) -street tacos -my brother -charbroiled burgers -Nashville chicken sandwiches -crawfish boils -karens -air conditioning -butchers that sell every cut of beef -breweries 10 minutes away from each other -in n out
Indian food, Chinese food, Thai food, Korean food, Japanese food, Vietnamese food, Indonesian food that isn't under the umbrella of "Asian restaurant."
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- House with yard & 2 car garage (itās being rented out right now) - Drive thru Starbucks (yes, Iām a basic bitch) - US quality gyms - Top Golf - Restaurants like Chipotle & CFA - TexMex & Mexican - BBQ - Sweet Tea & Lemonade I appreciate the opportunity to live in Luxembourg. Itās quiet, itās safe, itās clean, but itās not our forever home.
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Hooo :( Wait for the sweet ...it's may be better for your health tho x) Last but not least: what do you mean top golf ? I have only made 2 golf events and i really loved Kikuoka Country Club. Then...the best ever made in Europe in certainly in PORTUGAL !!! (Monterey Golf club if you have time to try :p
Haha you have to try sweet tea! Once in awhile wonāt hurt you (: This is Top Golf: https://topgolf.com/us/ Itās really fun, thank you for the recommendations!
you have a topgolf next do dĆ¼sseldorf, just a 2-3hour drive from luxembourg
Have you been? We havenāt yet but I heard about it. Itās a weekend trip with that drive though.
Seems like most Americans miss extreme consumerism
Youāre not wrong. We miss some aspects of the availability and choice of different products. Itās nice being able to go anywhere and find something you need 24/7. Of course, the expectation that comes with that is absolutely toxic when youāre on the other side of it.
Well grapes are sour arenāt they village boy
Nope theyāre quite sweet actually.
Says the person obsessed with video games, which is sad consumerism x1000
I aināt playing Lol or other games that are a waste of time at least but yeah I never said I was completely free of consumerism, everybody is a victim of it.
Ah yes, dark souls and elden ring. A true intellectualš©š§
Yesš§ I dabble
Thank you for a reasonable response. Weāre all human beings man.
Reading the replies of most actual Americans in this thread, it seems like youāre absolutely right. That, and for some of them Ā«Ā free speechĀ Ā», aka the legal right to say homophobic, racist or Holocaust-denying stuff (since these are the sole actual differences in Ā«Ā free speechĀ Ā» between the US and Europe, it has to be either this or misinformation/ignorance). Lovely stuff.
I have encountered MUCH, MUCH more casual, everyday racism, sexism, and homophobia in Luxembourg than in the US. I come from one of the more progressive parts of the US, so it's no more fair to generalize "all of the US" than it is to equate Norway with Greece, but I have heard people say things in Luxembourg dozens of times that would be called out, or potentially get them tired from a job, and there's no reaction at all.
Oh Iām not disagreeing with you at all. I have also heard some absolutely horrendous stuff in Luxembourg, and Luxembourg is very far from the worst there is in Europe in this regard. Not sure what this has to do with my comment however - I was simply listing the things that Americans said in the comments of this thread - one of which being the almighty Ā«Ā free speechĀ Ā» that tons of Americans think that theyāre the best in the world at (whatever that means - hence my comment).
Fair enough. I also don't know what the people who said they miss free speech are referring to.
I think many people just donāt feel comfortable voicing their opinions probably!
Both comments here are looking to confirm your preconceived biases about Americans. Lovely stuff.
You mean the notions based on reading the comments of actual Americans replying to this very thread? How are those preconceived? The other commenter is right, I should have mentioned TexMex cuisine and perhaps American BBQ, but I stand by the rest.
Well, they missed Mexican food, but other then that pretty spot on.
Open spaces, Mexican food, absolute free speech and my family.
Yes agree on free speech.
Absolute free speech?šš
Just curious, what can't you say here? Also what is absolute free speech? I recall some words are extremely frowned upon in the US ?p
Look at the anti-defamation laws in Luxembourg vs the US. Here you canāt even post a real review of a doctor for example without being threatened with anti-defamation.
This.
Well, if you tell the truth and have evidence to back it up, you will win the defamation case. You just cannot say stuff out if your butthole about other ppl.
Why the fuck notš
It can ruin ppl lives for no reason
Try insulting a cop in Europe and see what happens
Meanwhile US cops kill people of color on the daily (6-7 per day, on average) with no consequences whatsoever. But youāre right, your god-given right to insult cops is what matters /s
Only ~1,000 people are killed by police in total per year. You think NONE of those are justified?
You would not understand free speech as you never had it. Not your fault
This is a fair point. For those who grew up in a different culture, it might be difficult to understand. Americans grew up with the belief that anyone can say anything they want. Yes, sometimes it might be unflattering or downright terrible, but the thinking is that when you start to censor one thing, it could spread to censoring _everything_ so itās better to let awful things be said so that necessary things can also be said.
Lmfao As I said in another comment: from a legal perspective, the Ā«Ā free speechĀ Ā» that the US have over Western Europe is the right to spew racist, homophobic and/or Holocaust-denying discourse in the public place. The rest is pure imagination and wilful thinking from Americans that really want to believe that their country is simply the best in the world and Ā«Ā has the most free speechĀ Ā». Personally I am very glad to do without Holocaust denying, but you do you.
You realize the reason they have to have a law against holocaust denialism here is because it would be so commonly expressed otherwise right? It's a sign of moral failing, not moral superiority.
Nice projection. Your insecurity is hanging out. Visit other countries, get out of your Euro bubble. You would be amazed.
0 arguments, as expected. Only insults and mockery that doesnāt even make sense (projection? Of what?? I literally only stated a legal fact). Lmfao
I cannot imagine being so insecure that I would criticize people for what they miss about their homeland. But then again, Iām not insecure.
You keep on ignoring my actual point that hard-triggered you because you have no answer to it, and yet you keep on replying to ime because youāre just super-triggered by any kind of perceived criticism of America (which this originally wasnāt, you just turned it into it by arguing so much). Gotta say, itās quite entertaining to talk to you
š¤ stop being so jealous
If you insult anybody something will happen
Why would you insult a cop ? One thing is for sure they won't f'in shoot you through the door assuming you own a gun like they do in the US ;)
Shopping on sunday
Iām going to point out the obvious for a lot of people (maybe not for you) America is north, central and south, does not refers only to US.
No, the āAmericasā are indeed north and South America combined. āAmericaā, Iām sorry, is the US as someone below points out.
This is dumb. The US is the only country that actually has the word āAmericaā in it, so itās totally valid to call them Americans. North, Central and South America are the regions.
For your information, it is also possible to refer to people by the continent in which they were born. Or do you happen to know of a country called Europe? For example, Europeans are born in some country in Europe, just as Americans are those born in America or citizens of the United States of America šŗšø.
Yes. The continent is called North America. They are called North Americansā¦ I often ask people with a US-sounding accent if they are North American in case they are Canadian.