I made a serious effort to understand life in US in a week .Everyone knows that it is quite different from India.I live in a place called Orem which is around 30 miles from Salt lake City/Utah.People live in Utah mainly belong to conservative christian sect called Mormons.Because of that, Utah is completely free of bars or night clubs which is totally common in rest of US/Europe.
Orem is a beautiful place surronded by mountains .The buildings are flat which covers lot of land space.I think people usually go for high rise building when there is a scarcity of land.Orem has got lot of space.I initially stayed in a nice hotel ,later on our company took a descent apartment which has a wonderful view .I really got suprised by the fact the sun here usually sets by 8:30 pm !.
The first thing you notice in Orem is that you wont find much people outside.People usually travel by car and car is one of basic ingredient of american life.They have build huge roads and good traffic system so that people can move easily .And moreover you can find lot of parking space everywhere.There is virtually no public transport system available since very few people live here.
On last Monday I went to our office.It is a small office but it is very neat and beautiful..Our manager took me to various people and I shook hands or did say an american "hi".I think people here have a great professional culture.One of the managers invited us for a dinner at his home on Tuesday.We went there and his family prepared a nice veggie dinner consists of garden burger,macroni,fruit salad and a tasty cake.I liked the fact that they interacted with us without having any preconceived notions about Indians.They treated like another human beings!.
Apart from that I spend some time in Walmart and Costco ,huge shopping malls where you can buy virtually anything.One particular thing I noticed about americans here is that more than 60 percent of people are just fat. May be opening a food chain or a hotel here is a good bet
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