What comes to my mind are your huge fridges with the ice cube maker, those vents in the wall where every room gets AC and your toilets that could be mistaken for swimming pools with all the water in it

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  1. A clothes dryer.
    Those toilets need a lot less hand cleaning than the alternative
    Air conditioning

  3. Ive lived in other countries. Everything is bigger as far as appliances. Its like 1.5-2X scale that you would find in like appliances in other countries.

  5. Do Europeans have ice makers in their refrigerators?

    We have ice everywhere here but those guys act like its their most precious resource.

  6. Plumbing that actually functions 99% of the time. Showers that access hot or cold without having to flip extra switches. Central heating and air conditioning standard in most homes (not in all areas, but most). A fridge with a built in water and ice dispenser. Large beds.

  10. A dryer!

    Garbage disposals.

    Screens on our windows.

    Ceiling fans. (These exist in many countries, but are not common.)

    A large garage for two cars.

  11. >your toilets that could be mistaken for swimming pools with all the water in it.

    This amazes me. I’ve always wondered why other countries haven’t figured out how to design a commode where you don’t have to shit on a flat dry surface directly under your ass and then scratch your head wondering where all the flies are coming from as you bathe in the stench of openly drying shit inches away from your butt.

    We Americans have figured out how to eliminate this by shitting into water and then making the water go away.

  12. Most toilets here are 1.28 or 1.6 gallons of water per flush.

    The best info I’ve found says German toilets use nearly 2 gallons per flush. My guess is you need to, because of the nasty shit-shelf your toilets have. In any case I’m not sure where your perception of swimming pool sized toilets comes from.

  17. From my observation, garages, and garage size. My double wide, double deep garage is insulated, heated and has cooling, my work shop and desktop computer are out there and oh and a couple cars and motorcycles. It’s basically a man cave but called “garage” for tax purposes.

  22. Walk in closets (most European countries I’ve been to, they use wardrobes and dressers).

    Switch in the bathroom that runs a fan, the only purpose of which is to cover up the sound of you doing your business.

  25. I may be wrong in this, but we usually have dedicated laundry rooms or at least laundry closets. I’ve read a lot of comments here and elsewhere that many places, especially Europe, just have a washing machine in the kitchen.

  27. Super comfortable sofas that you just sink into. Maybe I just had bad luck renting Airbnb’s in Europe, but my god was the furniture uncomfortable.

    Also affordable computers and smart phones.

  29. A big garage. When I visited family in the UK I was amazed their garage could barely fit their Ford Fiesta in it. My garage fits an F-150 double cab with zero issues and there’s room to spare. Plus you can fit a whole other vehicle next to it.

    To go along with that a garage fridge. Not all Americans have them by a long shot but it’s common enough to see a hand-me-down refrigerator in a garage that has beer, pop, and stuff like that in it.

    Also a coffee maker. When I was going to university in the UK I wanted a small coffee maker but couldn’t find one for the life of me. There were French presses and kettles, but no coffee makers like a Mr. Coffee.

  31. Crunchy Peanut Butter

    One spout on a sink so you can get warm water, not freezing cold and super hot separate spouts

    Tea Kettle on the stove

  32. When I was in Australia I learned that dryers, while not hard to find, were not as common as in the US. I also learned that while a common first appliance for a university student here might be a microwave, a kettle is preferred in other places.

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