What do You Dislike and Like about the United States?

A.
I dislike America because it has too many different kinds of food and other merchandise. Each kind of food and merchandise has a different price in different shops. I have to buy at the cheapest price, but without having enough opportunity to find the cheapest price.

This challenge gives me a very big headache.

The Soviet Union had few different kinds of food and merchandise. Each kind of product had a constant government price in all the shops.

I had to go to a shop, for example, for food, and I might not find any food at that shop.

If I did not see the food I had to go to another shop.

If I saw the food I stayed in a long line.

If the food ran out before my turn, I went to another shop.

If I grabbed food, it was O'K.

Very often I couldn't find food anywhere. (In the Soviet Union that situation was called "Deficit".)

It was a simple rule. I had no headache.


B.
In Boston there are 52 channels on TV. I can't decide and all the time which channel to watch. I constantly change the channels. I don't know what I want to see. I receive much information and different opinions. I don't know what is right. That is bad.

In Leningrad (in the Soviet Union) there were only 3 channels and all was clear: The Soviet state is the best in the world.

I like America because there I can easily taste candy and cookies. It is good for me. Often the shops give an opportunity for tasting samples of the food.

In the Soviet Union candy was very inaccessible to the customers and it would have been a big scandal to offer these sweets free of charge.

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