r/AskReddit • • 9h ago

"those little differences" Americans who visited Europe, what was surprisingly different for you?

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u/becoolnloveme 9h ago

I spend about three-to-four months a year in Europe. The standard of how a person dresses when going out in public is uniformly higher in basically every European country. Almost everybody is dressed well enough. It shocking to many Europeans how Americans will attend class or go to the store in pajamas. It wouldn’t happen there.

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u/stabliu 6h ago

It’s because everyone drives imo. If you compare it to places like New York City or Chicago where public transportation is more prevalent you find it happens less often.