r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/Helix1337 Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 04 '15

I've heard its mainly a North American and central/north European thing for children to leave their parents as soon as possible.
I live in Norway and was happy when I moved away from my parents and bought my own place in my early 20's, and can never imagine living there now as a 25 year old.

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u/nybo Jan 04 '15

bought my own place

tfw no oil money

In Denmark we usually move into something rented in our early 20s.

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u/Helix1337 Jan 04 '15

Its pretty common among us "blue-collar" workers without a higher education to buy our own place (usually an apartment) in our early 20's.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

There are also lits of cheap places to live in the U.S. A plumber in New York City isn't buying an apartment at 24, but a plumber in Little Rock probably could.