An outsider's view of US

Benny Lewis is an Irish man with a love for languages and travelling. He's the person behind Fluent in Three Months, where he develops his theories and gives recipes to learn languages as quickly as possible.

He recently lived in the US and has come to the conclusion that US really is not the place for him.

In his blog post 17 cultural reasons why this European never wants to live in America he explains his reason. Read Benny's post, where he goes into details for each of the reasons below.

1. Americans are way too sensitive
2. Everything is “awesome”!
3. Smiles mean NOTHING
4. Tipping
5. False prices on everything
6. Cheesy in-your-face marketing
7. Wasteful consumerism
8. Idiotic American stereotypes of other countries
9. Heritage
10. ID checks & stupid drinking laws
11. Religious Americans
12. Corporations win all the time, not small businesses
13. A country designed for cars, not humans
14. Always in a hurry
15. Obsession with money
16. Unhealthy portions
17. Thinking America is the best