10 things I miss about the USA (after 10 years in Europe) | Story 6

Has it really been 10 years? Sometimes I can't even believe it. I have spent most of my adult life in Europe and feel like I'd be lost as to how to manage many aspects of daily life in the USA. Yes, going to the post office or the doctor might be more pleasant, but I have no idea how I'd get health insurance or rent an apartment. The process is completely different.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy some of these funny and ironic things I miss about my home country. 🇺🇸

[@siloton]

Interesting points! diversity and gyms are somewhat understandable, while library was most unexpected for me :) However regarding health industry, i suppose if we consider distances in US and prices in US, then i was under the impression that similar service are available in Europe too, we just do not use them much as they are just expensive coz they are private clinics and far away, but both those characteristics should be quite similar as in US when i would live in smaller town not big city. Do i miss something? Good luck in Italy!

[@shashashasha4239]

Meijer sells brand name clothes now! I love it

[@arielsimpleliving]

That will be interesting to see

[@natalliamagnetto8295]

If you're looking for easy returns in Italy,it's better to opt for amazon. As for other places,it's depends but in general it's not such a pleasant experience when they will probably refuse or say smth like you can't have your money back but just take something else instead of the thing you want to return

[@dudoklasovity2093]

I find the selection of foods in USA groceries overwhelming and stressful. Why so many kinds of everything? Most of it is overprocessed and hence cr*p quality anyways (unless you go to specialized isles of Whole Foods, etc). I like grocery shopping in Europe much more. But we are all different...

[@wector88]

Are you coming back to the Czech Republic?

[@wector88]

On the diversity, I have completely different opinion. Especially the part about "opinions". Healthcare, that is a long discussion in every country. But the first four, me too!
The libraries bit, I just do not follow. You would never complain about not having a czech language library in New York, that is insane. Checking out books is normal. Prague libraries have extensive english departments.
To sum it up, most of all, you miss your family,? :)
I am looking forward cz/ita comparison. Cheers.

[@arielsimpleliving]

There’s a lot to compare between cz/it

[@gavinwiener]

I'm curious what motivated you to settle long term in places like Czech Republic, Italy, etc?
Vs. continuing to visit new places, spend a few months, etc.
What I'm struggling with at the moment is deciding on where to settle, vs. continuing to live in new places for a 4 months, 6 months, and just continue doing that.

[@arielsimpleliving]

To be honest I was a bit lazy about leaving the Czech Republic. I changed cities there a few times but in general I enjoyed my daily life there.
I moved to Italy because my boyfriend’s family is here so we came back to be closer to them. Despite having moved across the ocean to live and work I have no strong desires to travel and be more nomadic. I’m in a long term search for a place I don’t feel the need to escape from.

[@higgolini]

Yeah, I don’t get why gym memberships are so expensive in Prague. And the person saying Prague libraries have English sections don’t understand how extensive American libraries are.

[@arielsimpleliving]

Yes and I don't expect my small town library to have many foreign language books. It's more about the ability to rent books instead of relying on buying them or digital versions that I miss.