18 Simple Ways Other Countries Are Just Better Than America
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Hey, look, the United States is pretty great, OK? But when you hold up some of our customs and comforts to other countries', we're ... how do we put this nicely? kind of behind on the times. That's a nice way of saying other countries are way cooler, right?
Moving on -- to illustrate what we mean, we asked our readers to show us some great aspects of life from around the globe to really demonstrate what we're missing out on. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...
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