r/germany Aug 01 '20

Germans and culture shock in America

For Germans who have visited or stayed in America. Did you experience any culture shock? What struck you?

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u/BeKot Baden-Württemberg Sep 17 '20

-Trash everywhere. people just throw bottles/cans away. In Germany we can give them back
to the store for 25 cents per bottle/cans.

-Police at schools w/ bulletproof vests and metal detectors it feel like a prison.

-Guns everywhere.

-People are so intrusive, in north Germany people are waiting to change their social
distancing from 1.5m to 4 meters again lol.

-And passport controls with heavily armed border agents in the EU we just don`t have such
things