To be fair, Europe (although I'm sure I would feel the same) is not where I'm talking about.

> I appreciate America so much more after having traveled abroad.

That's funny because I feel **the exact opposite when I _leave_ America.** 
(but who cares about us stupid Europeans and our Stupid European Opinions?? https://stacker.news/items/968945/r/denlillaapan) 

denlillaapan

I totally agree with your take. I appreciate America so much more after having traveled abroad.

This or that shithole country does things this way

 fall completely flat. To be fair, though, I never found arguments like that very compelling.

AskSN

Why DIDN'T Travel Bring the World Together? (Financial Times, Janan Ganesh)

I totally agree with your take. I appreciate America so much more after having traveled abroad.

Certainly arguments of the form *This or that shithole country does things this way* fall completely flat. To be fair, though, I never found arguments like that very compelling.