[AskEurope] Fellow Europeans, what is the aspect of USA lifestyle that surprises you the most?

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/1865941

[AskEurope] Fellow Europeans, what is the aspect of USA lifestyle that surprises you the most? - tchncs

First of all, let’s try to avoid American-bashing, and stay respectful to everyone. I’ll start: for me it’s the tipping culture. Especially nowadays, with the recent post on [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.world/c/mildlyinfuriating] with the 40% tip, it just seems so weird to me to have to pay extra just so that menu prices can stay low.

I was really surprised that quite a few states have a minimum marrying age of 0. And apparently, it’s more common than you’d expect for girls as young as 14 to get married, often to far older men.
What?!
Child marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

Thanks for sharing, that’s crazy

Let’s keep the ball rolling then:

en.wikipedia.org/…/Child_labor_laws_in_the_United…

Child labor laws in the United States - Wikipedia