Low End Derrick
Veteran
You plan on coming back, or was that enough of America to see?
Just finished a 2 week vacay in the US for the first time AMA
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I would like to know your thoughts about our country.
MajesticLion
Veteran
Madam...I hope they at least took you to get BBQ. Texas BBQ is an absolute institution of a thing to be experienced at least once.
And then you walk everywhere for the rest of your life to work it all off.
And then you walk everywhere for the rest of your life to work it all off.
O.T.I.S.
The Monk & The Mercenary
Where da pics?
And I was going to cuss you out about the Crawfish Etoufee slander, but you said something about yellow bell peppers so you must’ve had some weird shyt. I actually find gumbo overrated but everyone wants to put their own “spin” on something.
And I was going to cuss you out about the Crawfish Etoufee slander, but you said something about yellow bell peppers so you must’ve had some weird shyt. I actually find gumbo overrated but everyone wants to put their own “spin” on something.
KillerPups
All Star
come visit the north next time
I did an American south road trip for 2 weeks similar stops. even as someone from here every city got a different culture / feel. u gonna have to come back take more of America in
I did an American south road trip for 2 weeks similar stops. even as someone from here every city got a different culture / feel. u gonna have to come back take more of America in
King_Kamala61
:mjlit: A Fat Black Nasty MFer :mjlit:
How was Shreveport?
Coming to the states and not paying proper respect by visiting the Meca NYC is blasphemous.
I've had issued a fatwa against OP. In response, an elite unit of Bronx Kufi Commandos has departed for London. Op will be given a Yankee fitted and a pair of Timbs. Depending on OP's reaction they may or may not get shmacked up with a chopped cheese sammich.
I've had issued a fatwa against OP. In response, an elite unit of Bronx Kufi Commandos has departed for London. Op will be given a Yankee fitted and a pair of Timbs. Depending on OP's reaction they may or may not get shmacked up with a chopped cheese sammich.
The New Orleans accent was fun to listen to. It reminds me of a Caribbean accent a little, the North Louisiana accent sounded more like a slight drawl and is much slower and would be what I would think of when doing a “country accent”.What accent did you like the most and how many people asked to hear yours?
The Texan accent was also interesting but I was more familiar with it.
Ppl were often surprised when I spoke, then they would ask where I was from. (lol I thought it would be obvious)
The question people asked the most was “how long was the flight?”
BruhManFromTheFifthFlo
Veteran
Don’t come back
The BBQ I had in Texas was from a chain place I think when we were on the way in, The Best Smoke House I think it was called, that was a white persons smokehouse cos it had zero flavour. I gave it a 4. I know it’s not representative of real Texas BBq. I ran out of time to go to any other place, I was there the shortest amount of time during my trip.
There's such a thing as good White BBQ!...but if you went to a chain my heart goes out to you.
Culture shocks:
Billboards on the Highway - Billboards were everywhere; we don’t have billboards on the Highway here. A lot of them were to do with Cancer; Cancer survival, cancer research and donation, cancer rehabilitation. Plenty of legal offices and Insurance companies Advertising.
The ones that surprised me the most were the religious ones. They reminded me of the watch tower magazines in a hell and damnation kind of way. Or they were like “thinking about the life after death call 1800-Godcares”
Commercials-
Medical advertising - all kinds of medicines were advertised on TV - Then here comes the motherfukking side effects
. I knew of it before from watching American TV growing up but watching it as an adult threw me for a loop.Medicine purchasing - I bought a couple packs of sleep gummies, and a box of Tylenol and there was no age verification in the store. In the UK any controlled drug even cold and flu has to be age verified by a store clerk especially when purchasing on self check out.
Alcohol purchasing - They were strict on alcohol purchasing. No ID no alcohol. I know your legal age of purchasing alcohol is 21 but I thought the bartender would be able to serve me as I was obviously over 21. But then I saw a sign that said you have to look visibly over 40, before they can make that assumption, in the UK it’s over 25.
Size - The amount of physical space here. All the houses in the south that I saw were on vast amounts of land with huge straight trees. I think a lot of the wood is harvested for lumber, and maybe they plant a specific kind for that purpose, but because the trees were so huge it made the houses look small. Most of the house I saw were one storey houses but they were like 4 bedrooms and very big on the inside. I guess because you have the space to expand outwards rather than upwards, rooms can be stacked behind each other making the houses appear smaller from the front, coupled with the land space and tree size it was always a surprise.
Land Usage - The land on the median on the highway was just kind of wild, I don’t know if it was also used for lumber as the trees were all uneven sizing but in the UK a lot of that land space is for crop farming or solar farming, we have to use all the space we have available here. I also didn’t see any fruit trees anywhere.
Guns - I went to a Bass pro sports and the gun section was a lot to take in. I thought all guns were black or metal
but they were all colours and way cheaper than I thought. Also outdoor camping is massive there and easy to get everything you need all in one shop the amount of camping equipment was unlimited. Cars - I’m surprised at the amount of old cars that were on the roads. But the black ppl that had old cars like a Chevy they were very colourful and well taken care of. When a white person had an old car it was a Jalopy like a rusty old beat up car or truck.
The cars were obviously bigger than I was used to.
The people there were way friendlier and more outgoing, much easier to talk to than in the UK.
One thing I wish America would adopt would be the UK plug outlet design. The plugs in the US were loose. The UK has a 3 prong plug format which weighed down my adapter. There were also sockets in the bathroom which were handy but the plugs didn’t have an on off switch for safety.
No, nothing to do with the shutdown which I was grateful for. The only delay I had was when the pilot for my connecting flight missed his connecting flight
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