deird1: Aeryn looking hopeful (Aeryn looks)
[personal profile] deird1
The barns look like barns on Smallville.

The schools really are big square buildings several storeys high.

There really is Wendys, and Applebees, and Dollar Tree.

People really do say "we need to get to Lexington and 9th" and "stay on FDR" (even me).

The school buses really are yellow, and really do drive all over the place.

People really do keep asking if you've found Jesus (and seriously, folks, he's not missing).

The houses look all American, with shingled roofs and window shutters.

The hydrants are just like the ones on Sesame Street.

Date: 2024-04-10 12:33 am (UTC)
conuly: (Default)
From: [personal profile] conuly
Yes, but there are (almost) no alleys in Manhattan.

Date: 2024-04-10 02:10 am (UTC)
snickfic: Buffy looking over her shoulder (Default)
From: [personal profile] snickfic
Well now I have to ask what your school buildings look like! And how you talk about roads.

Date: 2024-04-10 04:35 am (UTC)
tielan: SGA: Teyla and Elizabeth sitting on the bed (SGA - teyla/liz)
From: [personal profile] tielan
Isn't it nuts?

The first time I was in NYC (it was, admittedly over 20 years ago) I saw a fire hydrant painted like the American flag, and I was in the city alone and THERE WAS NOBODY TO EXCLAIM TO. (I didn't even have LJ in those days, no social media, nothing. So no way to share with other Aussies my: "wow, this really is America"). It was dire!

Glad you're having fun and enjoying the 'world of America (as seen on TV)'! :D

Date: 2024-04-10 06:46 am (UTC)
vass: Small turtle with green leaf in its mouth (Default)
From: [personal profile] vass
He went missing for a few days a while ago, didn't he? Maybe they haven't heard yet that he showed up again?

Date: 2024-04-10 08:21 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] hnpcc
Travelling to the US for the first time in October/November was the first time I really got Halloween. The shorter days, the winding to winter, the rustling corn stalks after the harvest, the houses in upstate NY that turn up in every horror movie... for the first time I realised how seasonal it was, and also that the Australian equivalent would be in a 3BR brick veneer (harder as usually 1 storey, no basement and minimal hiding places...)

Date: 2024-04-10 12:44 pm (UTC)
elisi: Five grin (Happy)
From: [personal profile] elisi
Such fun! ^_^

Date: 2024-04-10 02:37 pm (UTC)
lirazel: A white colonial-era building in the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca against a blue sky ([misc] cuenca 1)
From: [personal profile] lirazel
This post delights me!

Do school buses...not drive all over the place in Australia?

Date: 2024-04-10 09:48 pm (UTC)
lyr: (Buffyhah: luthien_black)
From: [personal profile] lyr
Yes, but asking if someone has found Jesus is 1) a good way to get people to stop talking to you if you ask it, and 2) a good way to know whom to stop talking to if they ask it. See? Very efficient.

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