Eh , it can be a valid analogy depending on what it is you ' re comparing . What actually gets on my nerves is Europeans who automatically cut you off and dismiss what you ' re saying as soon as they see you ' re starting to make that analogy . Edit Also . We have totally different languages and cultures and economies and peoples . So do we with the exception of language , and even then sometimes we do depending on which areas you ' re comparing some areas really are majority nonEnglishspeaking , primarily Spanish but in larger cities like New York or San Francisco it could be Mandarin , Russian , or Ukrainian even . Edit A bunch of Europeans ironically complaining about American ignorance while prominently displaying their own ignorance about our country . Lovely . You people get what you know from movies and TV shows for the most part with a little bit of internet sprinkled in and then speak as if you have a clue as to what you ' re talking about and , what ' s worse , as if you ' re qualified to tell Americans they ' re wrong about their own country . Fuck off .