What's something about the US that is totally normal to a US citizen, that Europeans can't seem to wrap their heads around?
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@DrWatson Had a friend from Bulgaria and they moved here, worked with her for awhile. She was telling me about the life there. She had a degree in chemistry and was the inspector of water treatment plants in a very large district. She had to drive through the mountains for her routes, I think she said each route took about 3 weeks and then onto other routes. She said the professional jobs didn’t pay very much compared to here. I asked her why people pursued them & she said for the love of education, maybe the government helped pay for that. Anyway she was telling me that everyone had gardens to grow their own veggies & can them and make pickles etc. I asked her why and she said food was expensive there. Which kind of left me puzzled because they were able to own a nice large home. I guess things are different under Socialism. She had no problem with it but for some reason wanted to live here. She was trying to get a similar job here, she was well qualified & had the experience and nobody considered her. Her command of English was excellent and she was a graceful lady. Died at a young age (about 50 years of age) from a stroke.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@cherokeepatti I was not referring to Eastern Bloc /Soviet "socialism", which really wasn't socialism at all.(And I think the cold war experience is what accounts for Americans' association with the word. But this is ironic, seeing as Europe was a lot closer to the iron curtain geographically than we were.) I am referring to socialist parties that hold seats in the parliaments of contemporary western democracies.
