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Date Posted: 17:04:06 11/20/04 Sat
Author: Shane
Subject: Re: Differences between USA and the rest of us
In reply to: Chris 's message, "Differences between USA and the rest of us" on 04:34:49 11/19/04 Fri

Its in interesting article. There is some truth to it. Americans probably sacrifice taste for utility. There is certainly a "lets just do it" attitude. I suppose this helps in emergency siutations. Although I don't know about American cities being ugly. I have never been to Europe so I can't compare. America is very diverse, you have both construction and destruction. Geographically, America is diverse as well. Take California for example. You can be standing on the beach and see snow capped mountains in the distance. In California you have the beaches, mountains and desert all rolled into one state. All in one month I have been swimming in the Pacific, skiiing in the Big Bear Mountains and riding motorcycles in the Glamis desert. California is a fun and beautiful place. And the weather is fantastic. In December it will be sunny and 74 degrees.

BTW, I'm talking mostly about SOUTHERN California, not our wicked brothers to the north. LOL!

Shane

>I found an interesting essay titled rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.paulgraham.com/usa.html">Made in
>USA. If you have some time, let me know whether
>you as Americans would agree or not.
>
>I once saw an interview with a German movie director
>where he explained the difference between Americans
>and Germans in how they make special effect scenes
>such as a car crashing into a building and explode.
>The Americans have the "just let's do it" approach.
>They buy a real car and crash it into a real house,
>they don't think much about it. The Germans have the
>approach "let's think about it" and think for weeks
>how they can do this without having to crash a real
>car, they experiment with miniature models and trick
>effects until they have done the same with very little
>money. That's one observation that is also mentioned
>in the essay.

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Re: Differences between USA and the rest of us -- Tony Lang, 05:36:22 11/23/04 Tue