Branching off of Mike's topic, I think a lot of people take advantage of living in America. They don't realize the opportunities they are given simply by being American. Now that American pride and Moorestown pride have both been discussed on the blog, I was wondering which you have more of. I think I have more pride in being from Moorestown than I do for America, probably because I don't know how hard my great-great grandparents had to work to become American citizens, when I do know how hard my parents have to work to live in Moorestown and provide everything they do.
Also, since I have traveled to other countries (Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK) I can compare them to America. I went to Holland on a People to People trip this past summer and whenever we had free time, everyone wanted to go to McDonald's. I don't like McDonald's but apparently that's "un-American" of me. I realized that every time we went in it was mostly tourists eating there. In Italy I don't even remember seeing a Mcdonald's. That was the one thing that really stood out for me, because I noticed there were virtually no obese Italians walking the streets of Rome. These people eat real food, and then they have McDonald's around for the tourists who refuse to actually eat the food of the country they are visiting.
-Sammi
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