America: Land of the free, home of fried food, baseball and reality television.
As Americans, we are our own worst critics. It's easy to get caught up in the negative, and forget about all the things that make the United States an amazing place to live. Where else can you eat peanut butter and jelly and wear sweatpants in public at the same time? Nowhere but 'Merica, that's where. (Ok, probably elsewhere.)
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In honor of the upcoming celebration of American independence, and the USMNT hopefully winning the World Cup, we've compiled a list of 50 reasons to love the U-S-of-A.
1. National Parks
2. The Internet
3. Denim
4. Jazz
5. The carpool lane
6. Deep fried everything
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7. Multiculturalism
8. All-you-can-eat buffets
9. Grumpy Cat
10. Playing in fire hydrants
11. Automatic Cars
12. Dunkin' Donuts
13. State Fairs
14. Patriotism
15. Disney World
16. Mac and cheese
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17. Hot dogs
18. Jorts
19. Morgan Freeman's voice
20. Colorado
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21. Drive-in movie theaters
22. March Madness
23. Levi's
24. PB & J
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25. Abraham Lincoln
26. Drive-through liquor stores
27. Go-Karts
28. NASA
29. Apple pie
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30. Shark Week
31. The ability to see Glacier National Park and Times Square in one road trip
32. Costco
33. Clean public drinking water
34. Beyoncé
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35. Sunday comics
36. Airplanes
37. Turkey bowling
38. Go-Karts
39. Thanksgiving
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40. The American Dream
41. Reality TV
42. BBQ
43. The Super Bowl
44. YouTube
45. Lifted trucks
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46. NASCAR
47. Coca-Cola
48. Baseball
49. Technological Innovation
50. The Fourth of July