America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books,…

Bill Bryson
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America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls.
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In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not. ✨ Bill Bryson (2000). The Complete Notes, Random House
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America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls.

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