Top things about the US

1. Melting pot culture
2. Visual culture and flair
3. Curious electric syncopated fusion of European and African musics
4. Tradition of making a clean start without reinventing the wheel
5. Roadless wilderness areas
6. Freedom of information
7. Microbrewed beer selection
8. The roads and highway network
9. Farmers' markets and other manifestations of bourgeois bohemianism
10. Mexico and Canada