Everything here is more extensive, more accessible, more beautiful.
People are kinder and smile more, whether genuine or not.
The almost unbearable ease, yet super convenient, of deliveries—everything you want is available at your doorstep with a button click. No need to leave the house—there's an app for delivery, or in the worst case, a drive-through, even for an ATM.
Even the lines at amusement parks are managed via an app.
Refills are available everywhere, and everyone walks around with a cup in hand and a hat on.
The more you buy, the lower the prices—deodorants, mayonnaise, water, and tickets to the amusement parks.
The grass is green and trimmed to just the right height, the store scent precisely matches what they want to sell, and the music is tailored to the situation to ensure an exaggerated emotional response—who knew that buying shoes or visiting the Kennedy Space Center could almost make me cry?! No joke.
The talk of a green world and recycling is just lip service. In practice, it boils down to water bottles. Wow, there are so many water bottles—quarter-liter, half-liter, one-liter, or five-liter. Ironically, the smaller bottles turn out to be the cheapest.
I'm not judging. I'm not. I'm in Awe. After a few weeks in the land of infinite possibilities, I'm just sharing my thoughts.
So far, we've only seen Florida. It's beautiful, green, full of water, parks, really nice people, and friends, and we're having a great time here.
We come from a relatively modest world. It is not necessarily greener (after all, they do burn trash all over the Caribbean and Bahamas—bags, plastics, everything), But it's simpler, and our arrival in the USA is a shock.
The availability of everything: Everything you need and everything you don't.
We buy more than we need and spend much more than we should, which makes me anxious about deciding to spend the hurricane season here.
But then I remember that this adaptation is part of the journey and happens every time we arrive in a new place. And it will pass—we’ll get used to it, the expenses will decrease (hopefully), and we, too, will start to get used to the convenience and availability.
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