How do people really feel about America

Do you like America?

It's great, we're all free	18.9%	[ 32 ]
It's horrible.	22.5%	[ 38 ]
I'm indifferent	25.4%	[ 43 ]
Really? Do i need to answer this?	16.0%	[ 27 ]
Mmm...pie	17.2%	[ 29 ]
Total Votes:			[ 169 ]

[NekoNillaAoi]

Hey, so I was watching the news and it was talking about other countries and their problems and what they need to do and so on and so forth, when a thought popped into my mind. What do other countries think about America?
I just want to know the truth...
please no high voltage cussing
and no overly mean people
just a nice little answer will do ^.^

[Deuxia Devonair]

To start... America is NOT a country. America is a continent. The country is called "United States of America" for a reason. rolleyes

[NekoNillaAoi]

Deuxia Devonair

To start... America is NOT a country. America is a continent. The country is called "United States of America" for a reason. rolleyes

...I'm pretty sure when people think America they think USA but okay.
Because of Canada and so on...

[linda1796]

Well, I don't like it all that much. I'm not sure if I have legitimate reasons, but I don't. I would just rather be somewhere more friendly and open...

[NekoNillaAoi]

linda1796

Well, I don't like it all that much. I'm not sure if I have legitimate reasons, but I don't. I would just rather be somewhere more friendly and open...

what do you mean by more friendly and open?

[Tragically Fabulous]

Most Canadians that I've met (I am Canadian) believe that Americans are exceedingly ignorant and rude. And that your universities are a joke.
I have friends who have turned down full scholarships to American universities because they would rather pay in full and get their schooling here.

From what I understand, a common belief is also that your government are a bunch of idiot warmongers. There have been symposiums on my university campus discussing how George Bush should be imprisoned for war crimes, and how Canada is wrong for not arresting him when he came here.

I'm not trying to be hateful, I apologize. That really is how many feel. Not all, of course, but many. I would recommend against coming up here and flaunting that you're American, unless you don't want people to like you. =(

[fayebelly]

America scares me! An alaming amount of people don't seem to have any understanding of the world around them...

I blame the school system...

[Sockers]

It's better than living in squalor, but still I'd much rather live somewhere else.

[Danny Az]

its dangwer

[ColdheartedPsyko]

~DarkCera~

Most Canadians that I've met (I am Canadian) believe that Americans are exceedingly ignorant and rude. And that your universities are a joke.
I have friends who have turned down full scholarships to American universities because they would rather pay in full and get their schooling here.

From what I understand, a common belief is also that your government are a bunch of idiot warmongers. There have been symposiums on my university campus discussing how George Bush should be imprisoned for war crimes, and how Canada is wrong for not arresting him when he came here.

I'm not trying to be hateful, I apologize. That really is how many feel. Not all, of course, but many. I would recommend against coming up here and flaunting that you're American, unless you don't want people to like you. =(

Now is this the generalization of Americans, or specific American experiences that they have encountered?

Granted, I have met plenty of arrogant people from other countries. But I don't consider the entire country to be arrogant.

Now my country, as a whole, has a very arrogant air about itself. I don't like that, nor do I like the power-hungry politicians and their policies. But I do enjoy living in America. There are so many things in America that I miss while living in other countries.

If I happen to find somewhere better to live, I will most definitely be willing to move there.

[ColdheartedPsyko]

fayebelly

America scares me! An alaming amount of people don't seem to have any understanding of the world around them...

I blame the school system...

This is true. They are currently trying to change that, but the problem educators are coming across is how much the students simply don't care.

[Perpetual_Malcontent]

This is a really interesting topic and thank you for bringing it up. As a born and raised American I have to say that I agree with the points made about us. We have a large portion of the population with only a high school education. Our public schools push the American perspective. Even in history classes we have so much information left out about the rest of the world. We as Americans can change that, but that means people have to get involved, and a lot of Americans haven't and don't want to.

[Escargot]

I'm an American living in the UK, and most of the people I've met here so far seemed very indifferent to the States. They don't really say anything good about it, but they don't really say anything bad about it either - this may be because they are all too polite and they think they might offend me if they said anything bad (which would not offend me). Of course, my observations are based off of a very small population of students in a small town. It doesn't account for how most people in the UK feel.

A few of my close British and Irish friends have said that when they've gone to the US for vacation, they've loved being there and they met lots of friendly people when they were actually in the city they were visiting. The only off-putting part of the trip was their immediate arrival in the States, because apparently America has the rudest customs officers. And, of course, they only visit the nicer places, like Boston, SF, Seattle, Chicago, and NY, for example.

[Perpetual_Malcontent]

Escargot

A few of my close British and Irish friends have said that when they've gone to the US for vacation, they've loved being there and they met lots of friendly people when they were actually in the city they were visiting. The only off-putting part of the trip was their immediate arrival in the States, because apparently America has the rudest customs officers. And, of course, they only visit the nicer places, like Boston, SF, Seattle, Chicago, and NY, for example.

rofl I think all airport officials are pretty rude, it's part of their training program!

[NeilUK]

Somewhere between indifferent, like it, and dislike it.

I like some parts. Some of the cities and scenery in the US look amazing, and I'd love to visit places like Yellowstone, Niagara, Grand Canyon, New York, New Orleans, and about 20 other cities and countless more 'sights'. I'd love to do a road trip across the country. I love extreme weather, and America has that. Geographically, it looks great.

But there are bits I dislike. Call it generalising, but there are so many ignorant, thick Americans on the internet. Sorry, but it's true. Yes, there are ignorant, thick Brits, French etc, but the American ones are always far more noticable. So I'd expect there'd be a noticable amount in the real world too (not saying all Americans are, just some, and a noticable 'some'). In this category are the ones who seem to think anything outside their borders doesn't exist, or doesn't matter. And the sports in America are (to my British mind) terrible. And American butchering of English irks me sometimes too. Oh, and cars. America can't build good cars.

The rest... Government, foreign policy, mostly indifferent.

Despite the 'bad' list being longer than the good, it's still the only country other than the UK I'd ever want to live in.