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My personal opinion is that America is the best continent in the world. But only if you got money, to support yourself.
It's a totally different culture then in Europe, and maybe that's why we like it so much? The people are so polite, everyone greets and complements each other. For me, it seems like such a great place.
There are also some negative things about America. The overweight-rate is going up. The fast-food is so cheap, that many people choose this over a healthy home-cooked meal. The standard american diet consists of mostly Rice, potato, bread and pasta. This is not a healthy lifestyle, but it the Americans wallow in offerings of fast food and chains and cheap "junk food", so it is hard to avoid it.
Americas has very limited social benefits, because of their low taxes. This results that few people can afford health insurance, pension and other personal insurances.
One of the biggest downsides are unemployment, in addition to high crime rates.The tourist places in Mexico is being isolated from the local population because of the high crime rate.
When it comes to politics, USA especially has great power over the rest of the world. For instance; the headquarter for NATO is located in USA. An other example is Barack Obama, he is probably the most influenced person in the world, and inspire many countries and people.
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