Christin ✝️

@avramnotever Lack of a “downtown” equating to no culture just means you have no creativity. These kinda of towns have so many events it’s insane.

We have cities and cultures but the midwest is home to millions of people with no identity at all. Literally none. Entire childhood spent developing no roots or foothold in a community. Go more than 10 miles out of a city limit and youll see it immediately

@tuuu28283 I feel extra lucky. I was the 7th ❤️

アメリカの兄弟達 アメリカの姉妹達 Lucky 7,777! I hope this number brings a little happiness to everyone today. 🍀

@punishedforest They have the best fish sandwich you can get at a drive through. It’s basically the exact opposite of a McDonald’s fish sammie.

I just tried Culver’s and I can confirm that the Midwesterners are alright.

@luinalaska Needs to put those divorce papers in an envelope marked accountability hurts.

Ma’am that’s not your husband that’s your roommate.

@LUFC1992_v2 I hope you enjoy corn fields 🤭

Going to take the safe option and re-route north to Des Moines and head to Chicago from there tomorrow. Which means a bonus state - Iowa here come! 🚐

@Doommonger72 @Eyes_On_Politix Since I’m new to international football, I’ve an honest question: was there ever a perfect World Cup? Who hosted?

@Eyes_On_Politix @Christin2587 Many there, maybe. The ad breaks (we know they aren't hydration breaks), the atrocious treatment of Iranians, the banning of FIFAs referee of the year, etc, etc, etc all say it should never be in the US again. That said, the orange kiddy fiddler won't be around for it again.

As an American, I’ve always thought of the World Cup as a party the rest of the world is having, and I’ve never felt excluded, because we have our own stuff. But this year, the rest of the world invited us to the party and it is so lit here. Thank YOU!

@LUFC1992_v2 @jackstackbbq Burnt ends are a delicacy 🤤

Kansas City barbecue was IMMENSE! Burnt ends, hickory smoked beans and corn (and half of Mrs T’s ribs) 🤤 We head to Texas on Friday, not sure they can top this… 🤔 @jackstackbbq

@sakebu_cheese_ I’ve lived many places, but currently in Colorado. In my opinion, not only is it the most beautiful, it has the best climate. Not too hot, not too humid, lots of sun, and year round outdoor activities. Alternatively, our grocery stores don’t have bags, you have to bring your own.

アメリカのみなさんこんにちは🌎🇺🇸 僕は20歳のうちに、一人でアメリカ旅行に行くのが夢です。 さらに言えば海外で生活をしたいです。 もし僕がアメリカへ移住するとしたら、この4州だとどこがおすすめですか？🧐 A カリフォルニア B コロラド C ハワイ D ルイジアナ 家賃なども考慮したい💦

@fra58477 @MelissaLMRogers And this is why Canada is always the butt of jokes. Instant crash out. Every time.

@MelissaLMRogers Is Ecuador as clean as Canada? NO! Canada is cleaner Environmental & sanitation factors: In Ecuador, only about:70% have safely managed drinking water 49% have safely managed sanitation and they do minimum recycling.

YIKES 🤯 Visitors to Toronto for the World Cup are literally MIND BLOWN at what they finding in Toronto Drugs, homelessness, filth, calling it a 3rd world Country 🇨🇦 2015 started the destruction of Canada

@broblas @fiago7 The Black Hills and the Badlands in South Dakota are lovely.

@fiago7 there is no reason for a European to end up in any of these states

I‘ve visited Florida, New York, New Jersey, California & Illinois now. Which state should I explore next? 🇺🇸

@Microinteracti1 @TeXan4TrumP77 I’ve long thought of Texas as “the USA” of the USA, if that makes sense.

@TeXan4TrumP77 Exactly 😎

I love this exchange between people travelling to America and the way America answers back. A German bloke called Fiago posts a map of the United States, colours in the five places he has been, and asks one innocent question: where should he go next? Within a few hours, two thousand people have turned up to answer, and not a single one of them agrees with any of the others. What follows is possibly the most American thing I have ever witnessed, which is a few thousand strangers trying to win an argument about their own country on behalf of a man they have never met. Because here is the thing about Americans, and they will be the first to tell you. Every single one of them lives in the one good state. Theirs is the real America, the true America, the part you simply must see. The state next door, meanwhile, is a place of mild suspicion, and the state two doors down is frankly a lost cause full of people who do everything wrong, vote the wrong way, and cannot even barbecue properly. So the replies pour in, each one quietly convinced it holds the only correct answer. Go to Arizona and Utah for the rock formations, says one, and do Sedona and the Grand Canyon while you are at it. Skip the cities entirely, says another, because the South between Texas and the Appalachians is a whole other culture and the soul of the place lives in the little towns. Someone insists on Gatlinburg, Tennessee, which is gloriously kitsch, very Americana, and throws in bears, elk and deer at no extra charge. Several others gently warn the German to avoid the parts of the country they personally disapprove of, with the warmth of someone steering you away from a restaurant that gave them food poisoning. And then there is Texas. Oh, there is Texas. "COME TO TEXAS we will give you BBQ and love." "Ya'll come on down, it's like a whole other country." "Come to Texas bud. Maybe not Houston though." They arrive in formation, hats first, promising to treat a visiting German like a king, and the unsettling part is that I think they genuinely would. Now, before any European reads this and feels superior, let me stop you, because we are exactly the same. We just do it on a slightly grander stage. We start at continent level, where the whole of Europe is convinced it is the civilised one and that the Americans are charming but a bit much. Then we zoom in, and suddenly it is country against country, and everyone knows the people across that particular border are doing life wrong. Zoom in again and it is city against city. Paris looks down on Manchester, and Paris also looks down on Lyon, which takes some doing. Then we reach the towns, where the entire personality of a place is built on the unshakeable belief that the farmers in the next village along are completely barking and that you should come to our lovely spot instead. And if you go all the way down, right to the bottom, you will find two thousand people in a hamlet so small it barely registers on a map, warning visitors not to bother with the northern end of the village, because honestly, the people up there are so terribly pleased with themselves. So no, this is not an American thing. It is a human thing, and the politics draped over everything at the moment is just the loud bit on top. Lift that off, and underneath you find what was always there on both sides of the ocean: a couple of million warm, funny, faintly competitive people whose deepest instinct is to feed a stranger and show him where they grew up. Which is why my honest reaction, reading all of it, is that I just want to gather the whole gang. The Texans, the Tennesseans, the Arizona rock-formation evangelists, the people from the good end of the village. Sit them all at one absurdly long table, give them a proper meal and an even more proper party, and once the arguing has worn itself out, tell them the next round is on us. Come to Europe. We owe you one.

@SjdSarahK @NugsFan88 I bet the Russians throw an amazing party.

@NugsFan88 @Christin2587 It was actually very fun :)

@sakebu_cheese_ Ahh yes, potato bread is delicious. A bit richer than wheat varieties.

今日初めて知ったこと 「バンズにポテトを混ぜたポテトバンズ」　存在 バンズを焼いてみたり、バンズの上部が膨らんでいたりする工夫は知っていたけどこんなものがあるなんて... アメリカのバーガーに対する向上心は恐ろしい

@TigahPaul Hidden Valley at that. They don’t even know there are layers to it. Restaurant ranch > cold section ranch > shelf stable ranch. Honorable mention for homemade as well.

One thing i can’t get over is how much the Europeans love Ranch dressing 😂

It's definitely the politicians. It's been a long time since I've felt this much pride in America 🇺🇸

@fiago7 Do it.

I kinda feel like tasting the Whiskey in Tennessee 🥃

@E2Dallas 1000%

@Christin2587 We needed this!

@ZephyrrrCapital It’s so much fun 🎉

@Christin2587 Welcome :) its great to part of the global football family

@Clasper1 @RedPantsUGA Ben, you are my knight! Thank you for the fervent defense. Being called ignorant doesn’t bother me when the person doing so misses the point entirely. Like an annoying little brother, I just ignore it till it disappears. I have autism and my intelligence is likely double his 😂

@RedPantsUGA @Christin2587 So you are saying a person is ignorant because they were 7 years old, did not engage with the World Cup at that time and did not later in their life go on YouTube to look back? The irony and hypocrisy here is quite something!

@Cal988776 @Eyes_On_Politix Oh I’m sorry. I’m dumb sometimes 😅 thank you for reminding me to read the whole chain.

@Christin2587 @Eyes_On_Politix Not you sweetie. I'm just quoting the guy who made this reply.