Category Archives: The USA
[ ] the pain away…
I’ve been thinking about how Puritanical America is and how ingrained some ideas had become in me, the ‘American abroad’, and more importantly – especially because I now have a son – what of those ideas really is important and what should be let go.
The geography of American snow days
‘How Much Snow It Typically Takes to Cancel School in the U.S.’
Maps, politics, global warming and cultural perspective
A Dialect Map of the United States, and what it might say about you
History of Rap
Anchor babies or future opportunists?
I don’t know what to think of what I’ve just seen…
A disturbing video about ‘the American dream’
MIssed Connections…
When I was in my early twenties, living on my own in Portland and making my way about town, either on my bike or the bus, I would read the “missed connections/I SAW U” section of my local weeklies (Willamette Week, or Willy Week, or just Willy and The Mercury or Merc). I didn’t have a computer,Continue reading “MIssed Connections…”
9 Tips on How to better communicate with Americans
Originally posted on Southeast Schnitzel:
When first-time expatriates arrive in the United States they are often underprepared for the North American way of communicating. This is especially true for Central Europeans who tend to assume that i) they learned enough about American communication patterns via literature and media consumption, and/or ii) communication styles are very similar…
livingtheamericandreamineurope.com 