Spain VS USA

For fun, I started keeping a list a month or so before my time in Madrid was up of what I would miss but what I was excited to get back to. I thought it could be fun to share! Some are little and silly, some are more bigger and more serious. I would just jot things down as they came up and I thought of them. I love both places. I will maybe come back and add more if I find any more scraps of paper with fragments of this list on it.

USA	Spain
Free refills	Public transportation
Large drinks to begin with	Tapas/cafe/bar culture
Being able to talk to everyone in my native language	More laidback about time
Also I just love English. (I've been thinking a lot about this Juan Luis Borges interview where he talked about how English is different from Spanish and why he likes it so much. It's so beautiful.)	Dinner at 10PM
I miss having a sense of community, and people to interact with besides other 20-year-olds. I wouldn't consider myself a giant kid person but I've really missed talking to kids. Same with people older than me.	Walking everywhere
We're better about racism/sexism/homophobia. We're far from perfect but at least we're having conversations and addressing the issues instead of sweeping everything under the rug.	Student discounts for everything
House parties are better than the club	Alcohol isn't taboo, so the habits/culture around it is healthier
The First Amendment	No Second Amendment
Better about dietary restrictions	One million things to do always
Clorox wipes. There are no Clorox wipes in Spain. Probably because they're bad for the environment but.	Not so humid
More shows on streaming	Easy to travel to other cities/countries
Giant grocery stores	Grocery stores across the street
Condiments	Thrift stores
The Bachelor	​Cheap nail salons
Smoothies that aren't juice	Use the AC/heating a reasonable amount instead of making the house a freezer in the summer and a furnance in the winter
iMessage invisible ink feature	WhatsApp emoji reaction options and reply feature
Spacial awareness
No weird cover songs in all restaurants
Less smoking
No royal family
Don't need reservations for every restaurant
My lilac shampoo (although it's been discontinued since I've been gone, devastating)

Well, the numbers don't lie. According to my super thought-out and precisely calculated pro-pro list, it looks like the US is better, hard fact. I love my country.