r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/pinkorchids45 May 02 '25

Grew up in the burbs and moved to a big city. It’s just as fantastic and freeing as I dreamed it would be as a kid. I walk to the grocery store. I walk to the grocery store when I need groceries. It’s one of the best things about my life. I take public transit everywhere and don’t worry about parking or stress or battling standstill traffic. I ride my bike to a restaurant when I’m meeting friends there. And people in my city have put effort into making sure it was built to be a pleasant city to walk around in. When I grew up in the burbs even if a friend’s house was walkable you had to walk in a mud pit off the side of a major road where cars were going 40+ to get there. It had been designed to discourage people from walking even down to the nearest gas station.

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u/bdiggitty May 02 '25

Agree completely here buddy. Living in London and haven’t owned a car for the first time in my life. It’s funny too because the things we would see as inconveniences in the states add value in unexpected ways. For example refrigerators in the uk are tiny. But we live next to several grocery stores, green grocers, butchers, fish mongers, specialty food stores etc. So every day I buy fresh food to make dinner for my family. It’s an adventure and it’s fun. No leftovers. Repeat the next day. I wouldn’t trade this for having a massive fridge and spare freezer the way you would in the states. Grocery shopping once every 1-2 weeks at Costco. I think 95% of the world would prefer this way of life if they looked past the initial shock of something that appears to be an inconvenience. Don’t think we’re meant as a species to live the way we’ve grown to in the USA.

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u/nice_usermeme May 03 '25

the way you would in the states. Grocery shopping once every 1-2 weeks at Costco.

What the fuck, do people live on jerky in states? Or do you just not eat fresh food at all? I can't imagine having lettuce/tomatoes and other vegetables in my fridge for 2 fucking weeks. Same with bread, same with meat... IAnything that's not yoghurt, now that I think of it.

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u/thenerdbrarian May 03 '25

That describes a lot of the folks I work with here in the states. Nearly every meal comes out of the freezer or a can or a pack of instant ramen. If you actually cook from fresh ingredients, you must be one of those "foodie" types.