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  1. Pubs are the cultural epicentre to most villages/towns in the UK, where most events are held and whole families regularly meet up as a frequent social interaction. Pubs or Bars/Taverns in the USA are portrayed very differently, it seems like they are adult-only areas usually seen as a place used exclusively by alcoholics/drunkards/down and outs. Is this what they really are like?

  2. Do you have no drinking culture over there at all? Of course in the UK we are famous for our binge drinking antics, which is nothing to be proud of, but the US seem to take this to the opposite extreme. College students are seen to be getting wasted in films all the time but the middle-aged family man is depicted as a stay at home beer drinker having a few on a weekend may be having a few friends round to watch "the game". In the UK it is more likely that these middle-aged family men would still go to pub to watch the game with their friends and usually take their kids with them. This seems a big no-no in the USA?

We have sports bars, but we also have tailgates

  1. Even with the college and younger folks in the USA drinking, seemingly they do this at house parties rather than a local bar? And when I visited the US the Americans I was out with would have a drink then a shot and this would be them ready to go out clubbing. In the UK we would probably preload 5-6 drinks at least before venturing out.

We pregame at home because it’s cheaper, then have a few drinks out.

  1. Is Crystal Meth as big a problem as it looks?

To some degree it depends where you live, but mostly: No

  1. Is "tipping" as big of a thing as people think? Yes

Is it rude to not leave a tip? EXTREMELY

How much should you tip? If I just buy a pint of beer, what would I be expected to tip? Leaving one dollar equating to circa 25% of the full price seems a lot? Whereas tipping $10 dollars after a full night and an $80 tab feels sufficient? How do you tip now everything is paid by card?

15% for average service; 20%+ for good service. There’s a line on the receipt for you to write the tip for credit payments. You sign here after handing the server your card. ID theft via this method is extremely rare— to the point of being basically nonexistent. But you write the amount for the tip and sign. It’s easiest just to round the price to the nearest thing it’s easy to take 10% of; then double that. So, for a $27 tab, I’d probably leave $6 tip, but $5 would be fine too.

  1. Is the American Independence/Revolution or American Civil War taught more prolifically in History Classes than say the events of the two World Wars?

They’re about the same, probably. This also depends where you went to school; not every school district has the same curriculum here.

  1. During history classes, when learning about the World Wars, how is the USA's delayed involvement in both wars taught?

Americans didn’t think Europe’s constant bickering should be our problem

  1. Does every American buy a huge car like the infamous Ford F150? No

And is motoring that cheap in the US that even the youngest drivers can afford to buy and run a Sedan/Saloon as their first car? A used one, yes

Do you even have super-compact and cheap cars like Smart Cars?

Clown cars are for circus performances here.

  1. Is it common for you to have roads within your City Centres that are 4-6 lanes wide plus parking spaces on either side of the road? In the UK we would be lucky to have more than 1-2 lane wide roads in our City Centres, most now have been shut completely and pedestrianised.

Yes

  1. Is the less tax pricing everywhere? How do you deal with this every day? Why are the sales taxes not just shown on the list price?

Sales tax varies from state to state, county to county, and even within a city. I just pay the price shown at the register. It’s not as hard as it must sound

  1. Do you all have Air Conditioning or Warm Air Heating in your houses? Do you not have gas central heating or combi boilers?

HVAC systems are the norm here

  1. Do you actually get houses with tents over them in order to fumigate pests?

  2. Is Thanksgiving as big a family event as Christmas Day?

Yes

  1. Is it the norm to use Yellow Writing paper instead of white?

No; those are legal pads. Notebooks usually have white paper

  1. Why is your bread all super sweet? Surely a BLT sandwich cannot taste nice on bread that tastes like it has been dipped in sugar?

It’s not. I don’t know why y’all think this— did you try all two hundred brands of bread available here when you visited? Did you buy the prescliced stuff or go to the bakery section?

  1. Do you put syrup on breakfast food like Bacon and Sausage?

Some people do; I don’t

  1. You seem to embrace pretty much anything as a regular table condiment, even things that shouldn't be, offering pretty much every sauce in existence if requested at a restaurant. All sauces apart from HP "Brown Sauce" that you cannot buy for love nor money in America.

We also don’t make judgmental proclamations about what should and shouldn’t be a condiment. But you can get Brown Sauce for $9 on Amazon

  1. After watching a few episodes myself and realising just how long the TV Show Judge Judy has been running it feels like Americans will take each other to court over the smallest issue. Is the country the overly litigious, lawyer filled country it looks to be?

No

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