"I met maybe one rude person in three years, which usually takes about five minutes in the US."

"Where I'm from in the US, I'm lucky that I can walk or bike to local places like multiple grocery stores, post offices, and pizzerias. I'm well-situated, but driving is still required, and public transportation is not great. Non-American public transportation for the win."

"The US is still such a young country. It makes sense that homes and pipes are not as modern in the old world. In the US, a building is historic if it lasts 80 years. In England, that is just a normal house."

Editor's note: Legally, France does uphold the presumption of innocence, as established in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. However, France's inquisitorial legal system — which relies on judge-led investigations and permits extended pretrial detention — differs significantly from the US adversarial system. For Americans accustomed to judges acting as neutral referees, these procedures can create the perception that defendants must actively prove their innocence.

Note: Responses have been edited for length/clarity.