What Was Your Biggest Culture Shock When You First Moved to the U.S.?

For me, it was the sales tax on every supermarket item.

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the complicity of medical insurane

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3 month wait for specialists (That’s crazy!!!)
tips start from 18% on the little machine that the restaurants offered

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the portion sizes :flushed_face:

I ordered a “regular” drink and got something bigger than my head. Also, how cold everywhere is with the AC, even when it’s freezing outside??

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Small talk, like I don’t f**king care about your life or what you think about the weather.

1 pound M&M is a lot. Like a lot a lot. LMAO

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This might be more of a regional thing, like I noticed that people in LA definitely feel obligated to make small talk but people in NY just want you to get to the point :joy: