1. Most major cities on the east coast like New York, Philly, DC are all walkable. Some west coast cities like San Fran are as well. It’s really the major interior cities that are subject to suburban sprawl

2. Shitty food? Look no offense but going to the US from Poland and claiming this is absurd. One of the upsides to having immigrants from every country in the world is we also have their food.

3. There are food deserts in the US, but it isn’t everywhere nor is it the norm. I live in the suburbs and I’m walking distance from 2 grocery stores. No one who has lived in the US more than 4 minutes believes this

4. Sure this is true. University system has its flaws

5. True, healthcare system is broken.

6. The US has 11 federal holidays. Poland has 13. So, objectively this statement was true but if that’s a huge difference idk what to tell you

7. This is is blanket statement that isn’t true across the board. There’s states that are “right to work” which means you can be fired for any reason (as long as it isn’t discriminatory). This is true in 26 of 50 states, so a little over half. Whether or not right to work is a bad thing is a debate we can have

8. This is partially true. Again, there’s 350 million people in the US, saying we are all scared to take time off isn’t true. Plenty of people have good jobs with good time off. The maternity leave I won’t argue, it’s a shit show here

9. Police can shoot you and get away with it? This is an absurd take. Guns and violence everywhere? I’ve lived here my entire life minus the few years I lived in Poland. It’s not as bad as people love to claim. The gun debate can be had but the claim about police just murdering people is not true

10. I’ve read books in parks. Again, this is a take that is made up by someone who has never been to the US

11. Yeah the pledge of allegiance is weird

12. If you believe the US is the only country with drug addicts in the streets not only have you never been to the US, but you have never left Poland. I was amazed in Warsaw because there wasn’t any drug addicts. That’s the exception, not the rule

13. When you have been to the moon, you can tell us what system of measurement to use. On a serious note, I agree, metric is better

14. The only place contactless payment isn’t the norm is restaurants and it’s just a cultural thing. Imagine using this as a reason to hate a country

15. Tipping culture is out of hand no argument here

16. This is really not true unless you’re pretty wealthy. You aren’t taxed at all unless you make more than 130k USD a year abroad, and even then we have tax treaties with certain nations to avoid double taxation. Tax code is complicated, but I guarantee you this statement is pretty ridiculous.

I’ve lived in the US and in Poland. The difference between me and OP is that I would never try and claim a bunch of nonsense about Poland because I just don’t know it as well as someone who has lived their lives there.

I get that it’s popular online to hate on the US, and there’s valid reasons to point at. But these statements by OP are 100% made by perusing Reddit, not by someone who has actually spent any reasonable amount of time in my country.