10 Things That Immigrants Want You To Know About The United States

As of late, it seems that the United States can’t catch a break. Even it’s own politicians have been characterizing it as a third world country, a place to avoid if you can. It is replete with poverty, crumbling infrastructure, an uneducated population, lots of violence, extreme political divisions, poor healthcare, and the list goes on and on and on. Before long, you would start feeling as though you should donate or something. Maybe even go there to help dig wells.

Well, today we’re going to look at things from a different perspective. It’s not going to be exactly what we’re used to. Be careful though, this could change your perspective around a little bit. What we’re going to do is sit down with some immigrants to the United States. They’ve come from all over. From Africa, Asia, and even the developed nations of Europe. They all have something a little bit different to say about the United States than what you are probably used to. In fact, it’s probably a lot different than what you’re used to.

So without further ado, we’ll let the people speak for themselves. These are 10 things that immigrants want you to know about the United States.

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alyssaxoxo8 says…

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Showers and running hot water. I was born in the Philippines. Showers and hot water aren’t really common in older homes over there. Not having to fill buckets with water and boiling some over a stove top was such a big surprise for me.

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Dougarasu says…

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Buildings and bridges are so…amazing, like the infrastructure is good; it makes you think, “wow, mankind DID THIS.”

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samosataco says…

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I was young when we moved here, but my parents always said that from navigating the interstate to knowing where to shop, people would go out of their way to help us find what we needed or show us how to do things.

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HebrewHamm3r says…

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Thinking back to when I came with my family from the USSR: Grocery stores. Seriously. Where we came from, shelves were bare or at best stocked with drab, low-quality food.

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Lys_Vesuvius says…

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Hot water doesen’t go out for a few weeks in the summer. In fact, there’s as much hot water as I want!

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froyo_away says…

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Your road directions are simple. To get to a city 2000 miles away, you get on I-80 exit to I-90 then exit 40.

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HunkyChunk says…

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Small talks. I really didn’t expect people to just strike up a conversation with someone they’ve never met before. I’ve heard some interesting experiences from strangers while waiting at airport

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fokjoudoos says…

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Ex-African here. I’m pleasantly surprised by The U.S. Postal Service. You can stick a cheap stamp on a letter, throw it in a blue mailbox in NY, and it will get to LA 99% of the time. It doesn’t get “lost” or stolen, it just gets there.

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galantleb says…

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Air. You don’t really notice how REAL fresh air feels like when you’ve been breathing in polluted air all your life

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rorrimlmirror says…

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People seem very courteous and open/friendly compared to northern Europe. I’ve grown to like strangers smiling at me for no reason or complimenting my outfit, my hair or my son or whatever it happens to be. It’s sweet, and it brightens my day very often. And it’s contagious! Now I do it to others. And when I go home, people there seem needlessly serious, closed up, rigid, and often rude.