What is life in the US like?

Question

I'm from Britain, and our knowledge (or at least mine) is a lot bigger houses, cities, nicer weather.
Whats the US like to live in?
Is there a high crime rate? Are the people friendly? What are Wal*Mart stores? Is petrol in your country (or as you call it 'gas') always a lot more cheaper?
I could go on!

Answer 1

Everyone is going to have a different take on where they live. Some people live in big cities where it is congested, others, rural communities. The west coast of the U.S. is much different from the east coast, as are the people. The states are much closer on the east coast where one can drive from Connecticut to New York, or New Jersey in a few hours.

Crime rate in the big cities is always high. People, (from my experience) are friendlier on the west coast, however, I have to say, the friendliest people are in the south and would do anything for you. The south has a hotter climate, and the people move a little slower than up north, as in Maine or New Hampshire. WalMart is a big, huge department store/grocery store/ everything you need store, a one stop and shop company. If you can't find it there, it doesn't exist! Gas, "petrol" is less expensive than in Europe, however, we have been spoiled through the years and are now experiencing high prices that are difficult to live with. Everyone wants the lower prices back!

The U.S. is full if diversity, beauty, good and bad people like anywhere else on this planet. It is vast with its mountains, lakes, oceans, countryside. I lived in Europe for several years, also the west coast and east coast of the U.S. I love this country and would never move elsewhere. You are able to make anything out of yourself here without restrictions.

Answer 2

A lot depends upon where you live. I live in a small town in the Midwest (around 22,000). Our crime rate is relatively low and mostly drug related along with domestic violence. Petrol/gas is getting expensive. I'm paying $3.28 a gallon, but I know you pay a lot more. Wal-Mart is a large department store chain. We have one, but I avoid them partly because they under price businesses in town and have in some towns, killed the downtown. I also avoid them because I just don't like the store and the way they treat their employees. I have my own house, but there are people around me who rent. Some live in huge expensive homes, but there are also some houses here that I wouldn't make a dog live in, but landlords rent them out. We have apartment houses and trailer parks as well. We don't really have neighborhood shops like you do (well you had them when I was there several years ago). We don't have a lot here for entertainment. We have a skating rink, a big bowling ally, an 8 scene cinema, and fortunately a university that brings in a lot of different things.

Answer 3

I live outside a small town in the southern US.

Some here live in modest houses, some in large (ostentatious houses), some in double wides/mobile homes (what you'd call caravans. And some may live in small cabins in the woods, at a resort or by the lake.

I love where I live. I visited NYC in 2006, and I would love to visit there again. But I would always want to live where I live now.

The crime rate is low here in my area. Except it is rising somewhat, due to an influx of people moving to the area to "get away from it all" and bringing growth and crime with them in their wake.

Mostly, the people here are friendly. However, many who move here from the northern states, especially those from Chicago, are not friendly at all. So we are losing our small town friendliness that is such a selling point of the area.

There is a Wal Mart Super store just off the bypass in the town. They have greater purchasing power than "Mom and Pop" stores often have. So Wally world (as we refer to it) can offer lower prices to their customers.

Petrol (or gasoline), in our area, ranges from $3.07 per gallon to $3.10 per gallon. I'm certain the price will go up as the summer driving season progresses.

We don't make much in wages in our area, as a rule. I mean, if you are a doctor, lawyer, real estate agent, nurse or something like that, you can do pretty well. But your average worker here doesn't make very much money and many here in our area are lower class or poverty level economically.

We live 20 miles from the nearest town, so the rise in gas prices has been hard on our family. We have cut back on trips and we economize in our home, etc, in every way we can.

I love to live here. It's a beautiful area to live in. We have rivers, lakes, and other natural beauty. We see deer, wild turkeys, squirrels, foxes, rabbits and coyotes. My area has mild winters and humid, hot summers. But people can avail themselves of the lakes and rivers for swimming and water sports when it is hot.

I hope this will answer some of your questions.

Answer 4

Just like any other place in the world it depends on where you live and how much cash you have. The people even the poor are pretty well off though. It's one of the only places in the world where the poor people are on average obese. The crime is really bad in some areas almost non-existent in others. If you want to know more look on wickipedia and check out the stats on what you want to know.

Answer 5

Life is great in the United States. It's quite diverse, so many opportunities, friendly people, great life style, freedom to do whatever you wanna do. I love this country. I think in the end I wouldn't wanna live anywhere but US.

Walmart are quite nice. You can find anything you want for a good or low price.

Gas prices are alright. It's not as bad as UK.At the moment its $3.20 per gallon which is kinda crazy but I think it might get better..

Okay, holla back if you wanna know more...

Answer 6

it's not really the cities that most exemplify American life, it's the suburbs . . . we have a horrible urban sprawl problem because we do (typically) have larger houses on larger lots, so in the cities where all the land is developed, there is not enough room to give us the personal space we demand, so we build outside of the cities until all of that space is occupied and then build further out . . . i live in the Washington DC metropolitan area (30 mile radius of the city, which is constantly expanding further) and the city of Washington DC's population is only about 500,000-600,000 but within the population of the entire metropolitan area is about 5 million

weather varies extremely - we have marshland (tropical - humid and warm) in the outheastern U.S. (Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, etc.), deciduous forests (temperate - cold winters, hot summers moderate rainfall) in the central-eastern U.S. (Tennessee, North Carolina, West Virginia, etc.), deserts (hot and dry) in the southwestern U.S. (Arizona, New Mexico, parts of California, etc.), plains (hot summers and bitterly cold winters) in the northern-central U.S. (Kansas, the Dakotas, etc.) and many many more . . . i think the city/area with weather most similar to the UK is Seattle . . . rainy and fairly cold

well, crime varies with the location (big cities and lower-income areas have higher crime rates while rural and higher-income areas how relatively low crime - violent crime)

how people are also depends on the location . . . people in the Midwest and South are typically very community-oriented and welcoming . . . there is a stereotype that New Yorkers (from the city) are rude - that is because there are so many people, that in one was to try to be friendly with everyone they passed, it would be exhausting, so in public places, they tend to keep to themselves (which some people who have different expectations portray as rude)

Wal-Mart is a mass merchandiser store . . . they carry everything from clothes to office supplies to pet care products to household cleaning products to electronics (televisions, video game consoles) to media (music, film) to home decor products to personal hygiene products . . . their prices are very cheap . . . there are a lot (more than 3,000) Wal-Mart stores in the U.S.

yes, although we don't think so, gas here is cheap (compared to the price of petrol in Europe) . . . right now the price is about $3.10/gallon . . . gas is less expensive here because we use a lot more of it (because of the urban sprawl, people can commute from as far as 50 miles to the city for work - and sometimes much farther) . . . we also have much larger cars (as we do like our personal space - SUVs are popular) that use more gas . . . and our extensive highway system makes it possible for us to drive A LOT

i could also go on, but hopefully that gives you some kind of idea

Answer 7

all depends on where you go, it's a big country, and very diverse