We needed some furniture for the first weeks in our house, which was bigger than our old house in Germany. Much bigger. Like I said, in the USA are not only the cars bigger. We have much smaller houses because the properties are compared to the USA tiny. A loan with a half acre is for the Europeans huge. There is not a lot of privacy. And of course the houses do not have three full bathrooms but only one. Very convenient when you have guests… In the USA you have so much space!! Germany has the size of Texas, but 80 Millions citizens! No wonder that everybody who comes from Germany says that the Americans are so relaxed and take it easy. The people are more far away from each other, so they can not annoy each other so much… And they are so polite. Our Guest are always so impressed that everybody is asking them “How are you?”, even strangers. After a while we understood that nobody (except your friends) expect you really to say how are you feeling. It is more like “Good Morning” or “Hello” but it sounds much more friendly. I made the same mistake in the first week when I heard “You are welcome” after the usual “Thank you” . I thought, “Oh man , the people are so friendly here, they all say to you “welcome”. Finally I got it: it is only the response to my thanks.
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