Now let me preference this by saying it just might be in my algorithm on YouTube and Substack, and of course normie propaganda; but I'm seeing lots and lots of stories and videos of mostly Europeans here for the World Cup who seem amazed by America. And even they seemed surprised how much they are enjoying being here.
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I would say there’s two factors, Europeans are becoming more and more disillusioned with globohomo leftism immigration. The other is anyone but seething mentally ill leftists absolutely loves “flyover country”. Europeans aren’t posting about how “amazing” the big cities are, they’re posting Bass Pro, Buc-ee’s, BBQ, and In and Out. They’re seeing the last bastions of Americana and it speaks to them.
The Buc-ees thing becoming such a cultural hot button is crazy to me. I live on the east coast, nowhere near one, and almost daily I'm hearing liberals cry about it. And like you said, foreigners are praising them. It's weird a gas station and it's market has become a front in the culture war
If you haven’t been to one it’s understandable. It’s like a convenience store on crack. Imagine a gas station with not just a clean bathroom but sparkling clean and 30 urinals. They make fresh brisket in house, fresh jerky, dozens of self brand foods, have everything anyone could need from a convenience store from clothes to everything you could need for camping/vacation and it’s all market price, not jacked up. On top of all of this the employees are like your standard mom and pop BBQ place, it’s pure southern hospitality at its best, everything is with a smile, the place is the antithesis of the inner city gas station with bulletproof glass.
As usual, they're trying to tie it to fascism. And, as usual, all they're doing is making fascism sound appealing.
Funny too because the places they hate like that are the ones that do what they really ask for, but they are still required to hate it because white people! Christian! capitalism!
The things mentioned in the first post here, Bucees and In N Out in particular (I could easily lump in a Chick Fil A too) are known for good employee pay and benefits especially relative to the skill level required, prioritizing customer experience, and are not publicly traded or run by a terrible private equity that would drain it all for max profit.
I see their disdain for such businesses as nothing more than proof they really want the ugly awful world they create not the utopia they claim it will be.
Funny enough I drive by Buc-ees all the time and honestly I think it's odd too. I've been in them. I went in the first real giant one some 15ish years ago in New Braunfels. It was pretty novel then.
My opinion of them is if you are on a road trip or mini convoy with a bunch of people, there's really nowhere better to stop than a Buc-ees. If you stop at some Indian convenience store you're going to spend all of your time trying to corral kids and different people into the one disgusting bathroom that the guy before just totally shit all over the place, etc. Buc-ees restrooms alone are worth it in that scenario. The last couple times I went in a Buc-ees it's because nature was calling in an unpleasant way and I knew I could get a nice private almost little room of a stall that would be super clean quickly. The bathrooms really are a sight to behold from a public restroom sense.
Then you have options for everyone in the group. The guy who wants to walk around a bit there's space. The two people who want two totally opposite things and are crabby about it from being cramped in a car, well they can get them.
For me, I'm very often out alone, and Buc-ee's is never where I want it when I'd be the most likely to take a break. It's like right on the edge of towns often, where as I'd be more inclined to take my time if it was in the middle of nowhere. So I really never use them, because I'm a guy traveling alone who can piss in the sea of disgust anywhere and I don't eat a lot of convenience snacks anyway.
If you've seen one crowded brown city, you've seen them all.
That's what I thought too, but I haven't been exactly following it. Because I've heard nothing but complaints from people who visited places like SF or LA, particularly about the druggies - even though there are druggies here too!