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When people around the world think of Americans, they have a mixed bag of pictures. They think about freedom, opportunities, enthusiasm, patriotism and Hollywood films. They think that Americans are confident and optimistic, but are not interested in the world outside their borders. Critics of America have problems with weapons, politics and consumerism.

People also see stereotypical pictures of America in countries that seem too fantastic to be true. Do children really go to school in large yellow buses? Does everyone have a waste disposal? What’s going on with these huge red cups that everyone has at parties in College films? Yes, they are true, but they won’t believe it until they come to the states and see America’s magic themselves.

A Redditor asked non-Americans to share their misunderstandings about America, of which they believed they visited the country, and there were many positive answers. After they feared that they were disgusting, many people were blown from how friendly the Americans were when they met them. They were also impressed that the Americans are much more cultivated than they thought before. The only disadvantage, however, is that the visible poverty in the country of opportunities was stressful.

A group of people at a Red Solo Cup party. About canva/photos

Here are 15 “misunderstandings” that people have about the United States before visiting America and seeing it themselves.

1. Christmas lights

“It was not a misunderstanding – I just didn’t believe that everything they see in the films is real, and especially in Christmas films, things are a bit exaggerated. So I didn’t believe that people really had so crazy about Christmas lights in suburbs. I was so wrong. America is crazy about their Christmas lights.”

2. Southern Accents

“I thought the southern accent was invented/exaggerated for television until I heard that he was coming out of a guy.”

“I come from the south and am even shocked by some southern accents.”

3. Angry New York pedestrian

“When I went to New York, not a single person said:” Hey, I’m going here. “Or ‘What are you? That was disappointing.”

4. New Yorkers are nice

“I have the feeling that NYC is one of the most helpful places in which you really need help. It is not a help for trivial Sh*t, everyone, everywhere in NYC. Nobody has the time or energy to be polite and helpful in every situation.

“I am a medium -sized man who loves NYC and often visits, and I have found that New Yorkers are the helpful and standing people in the USA, as long as they have their shit together and do not waste their time, they just don’t suffer.”

A couple who walk in New York City.via yandesbois/flickr

5. American friendliness

“I am rarely better treated in another country. Class group of people.”

“According to a saying, I once heard: ‘I can’t stand the Americans, but I never met a one that I didn’t like.'”

6. Dry humor

“The fact that Americans do not understand the dry humor. We Briten are very snobby and think that our dead joke is superior to the American sitcom humor. The Americans in my company that I had met in online calls were super optimistic and happy with cheesy jokes. They were so funny.” They were so funny. “

“I have the feeling that our dry humor is only committed to the piece, that it is difficult to say that we are with the joke.”

7th millionaires

“I used to work with people from Africa. They were shocked that all Americans are not a millionaire. I ask why they thought that everyone was a millionaire, and they said in the films that everyone was considered ransom and there are a million dollars. There are no poor or homeless people in films. It wasn’t what they were expecting.”

8. American food

“The food. I am French and I thought everything would be terrible, but I have the southern US version of BBQ and I miss it since then. I have also discovered sweet potatoes there and eat it all the time.”

A plate with American bar-B que.About canva/photos

9. Mobility scooter

“I didn’t see a single person on a mobility scooter. I was convinced that they were everywhere.”

“You went to a Walmart. They are there.”

10. Sincerity

“I was told that the Americans are superficial and that their interest was not real. But after I have often traveled to the United States in recent years, I realized that the Americans are actually friendly, open and really interested in talking to them.”

11. Weapons

“I had expected people walking around when they wear weapons as if it were a Rambo cosplay.”

“It surprises me because I also come from Texas and I saw a lot of people who wear open. Maybe you are from a different part than me, but in the area of ​​Dallas they wear their holster at the petrol station.”

12. Fast food

“I really believed that everyone ate fast food for every meal. Then I visited and found that there were countless people who have great cooking, farming markets and healthy eating.”

“My friend from France recently asked me if I eat burger and french fries for every meal because I am an American and we eat that on shows.”

A McDonald’s cheeseburger and fries.About Breanna Schulze/Flickr

13. The size

“It is not really a misunderstanding, but I was about the size of cities, parks and neighborhoods, the size and size of the buildings in the city center of some big cities, the variety of products in supermarkets and the packaging, on and what with today’s, that it was with the inscription that it was with the recording, and it was that it was with it, and it was with it that it was, and it was that it was with that when they were, and it was with the fact that it was, as they were, and it was that it was when they were, and it was with them, and it was a way of thinking.

14. Poverty

“I found us that the United States all lived under good conditions. But poverty in cities such as Portland, Seattle, Oakland and New York were amazing.”

“And then there is poverty in the poor and rural areas. The UN made observers about examining parts of Alabama about a decade ago, because the conditions are comparable to what can be seen in countries in the Third World.”

15. The media

“I was only surprised at how much influence the media have in almost a brainwashing degree.”

“The 24-hour news stations (ie Fox and CNN) are only mouthpieces for their respective political parties, and their viewers only believe almost everything they say. Social media are worse because there are so much misinformation with little or no fact assessment.”