We have no national language , no national religion , large amounts of racial diversity , and barely any national unity . We are a nation of immigrants . While you European nations are akin to a family sitting around a dinner table for Thanksgiving Dinner , American culture is akin to a bunch of strangers standing at a bus stop . None of us don ' t know each other , most of us look different than one another , and a portion of us can barely communicate with one another . And ultimately , we ' re all trying to get the good seat on the bus before the others standing next to us . <| sep |> It ' s weird how every single person I see in the street has something to do and somewhere to be . Like when I notice that weirdlooking old lady on the bus , and realise there ' s probably someone else waiting for her in the other side of town .