I recall in the 70s this was popular and I recall that it had a unique smell and sound when opened.

Many hispanophones call the United States of America "Uh-SA", not U. S. A. I'm just curious is someone has called their country like that since abbreviations with vocals are usually read as a single word.

I have been searching for places, beaches, arenas with a regular footvolley play but couldn't find any. Is it not played in the United States at all?

Especially for those of you in the border states. Curious here as a non-American to see how will it be celebrated today in 2024.

Which one was your favourite, and why?

Were there any that surprised you,in a positive or negative way?

If you keep chickens, are they located in your yard, or your garden? If you plant a apple tree, is it located in your yard or your garden? If you put a fence around your front yard, and plant carrots and sweet potatoes, does the front yard turn into a garden?

EDIT: Turns out my language (Norwegian) doesn't have a word for yard. Only property and garden. Thanks for the explanations, today I learned something new.

Lets say I meet an American and tell them how I was in America and visited New York or Grand Canyon and loved it, would someone from Montana or Florida relate to it? Or would they feel like that would have nothing to do with them?

I read an article from labour statistics saying the cost of repairing a car in united states has surged by over 8 percent in March compared with same month last year, and the motor insurance premium went up more crazily by nearly over 20 percent. I wanna know why it’s happening this way? A big shortage of components or qualified technicians in the industry, or other reasons l don’t know as a foreigner? Thanks!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/04/florida-worker-heat-water-protection got me thinking about the issue.

Obviusly that they were born there or at least living there most part of their lives.

I know it's the most popular in all states. The question is in which state is it more popular than the other sports by the largest margin.

With the Army recruiters missing their quotas/goals. Does it mean that more Americans are starting to be less Patriotic?

I grew up in the Delaware/Maryland area, and the Delmarva Peninsula was named by combining the names of all 3 states (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) located there. The Delaware-Maryland border also has a bunch of towns that combine the names of the states, like Delmar, Mardela, and Marydel.

Is this combo name situation unique to that area because the state names fit together so well, or do other places do it too?

I keep seeing it really pushed in other subreddits, even when the person has said the can’t/won’t be bringing car seats.

Do you place wagers, watch on tv, or just not care?

I've seen some SpaceX stans saying NASA should forget all about Boing and just only use the Crew Dragon, because of boeing's recent issues.

As in young teenagers dressing up with bumbags, Hilfiger etc etc looking tough

edit: a roadmen/eshay are a similar archetype in both countries, really kids who wear street wear and act tough with branded clothes

For example The Needling writes about Seattle and the PNW more broadly. Here’s what their articles look like: https://theneedling.com/2024/04/01/heartbreaking-boeing-layoffs-hit-whistleblower-assassin-department/

I’m wondering if you have any good local satire news in your part of the country?

In my month in SoCal I sampled every takeout chain we didn't have, but I didn't consider I could also eat cheap with the costso membership (They caught on that I was a tourist and let me in without being a member). Pizzas were something like 30c? It sounds like living on ramen as a college student.

Do you just wave? Talk briefly? Can you borrow things or help out and get help in other ways? Have you become friends? American here and we can really rely on our neighbors and have get-togethers with most of them. I'm wondering how common this is.

Which I guess is similar to asking, is formality the default and informally has to be earned, or is informality the default and formality reserved for specific situations?

Hello Americans,

I'd like to inquire about your opinions on Jerome Powell. I've often seen numerous Wall Street meme pages and similar accounts on Instagram and other social media platforms making memes or poking fun at him.

Is he truly as ineffective as some portray him to be as the Federal Reserve Governor? Your opinions on him?

Foreigners visiting Buc-ee’s and being blown away is a bit of a YouTube trend right now. What do my fellow natives think of the place?

I'm thinking about quite a move between states or regions. Have you had any luck being accepted as a local after all that time? Why do you think people draw a distinction between long time residents (for perhaps decades) versus folks born and raised there? Does the population size of the place play a factor? Or perhaps race and ethnicity?

This is all something people debate in my midwest town of 50k people with some strongly believing that if you weren't born and raised there, you'll never be "from here".

I just read a news story about more tourists being killed in Mexico, and some people in the comments were like "Mexico is not anymore dangerous than the US", and I thought it was a ridiculous statement. However, we do have a lot of violent cities and gang activity, so do they have a point?

in the UK they're one of the most popular dogs. They kind of look like pitbulls but are smaller and less aggressive.

I live Staffordshire and see one or two most times I walk my dog, ...who's also Staffordshire bull Terrier