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Football is the most popular sport in the world! It's popular everywhere but America, the old stereotype goes, and in fact, Americans are downright hostile to the sport. Why is that? The answer is a complicated one, but the first thing you need to know is this: Americans do not hate football - not any more, anyway. It's certainly not the most popular sport here, and indeed it may never be, but it's definitely not unpopular here. NOTE: For the remainder of this post, I'm going to refer to football/soccer as "football." We're Not The Only Country That Doesn't Like Football The idea that America is unique in not being football-mad is simply untrue. There are lots of countries where football just isn't that popular. Canada comes to mind immediately, as do Australia, New Zealand, India and Pakistan, to name a few. We Actually Do Like Football - Somewhat Like I said above, football is not the most popular sport here. But it's not an after...

Hello! My name is "Homie" - OK, my name is Aaron, but I've been going by "Homie" for as long as I can remember, so I'm just going to stick with "Homie." I'm an American, born and raised and lived here all my life. What's more, I love learning about things like language, food, daily life, and other aspects of the different cultures. And I love comparing and contrasting them to my own! What I've noticed out there in the vast and wide-open world that is the internet is this: there are a lot of questions that foreigners have about America, and there are a lot of misconceptions that foreigners have about America as well. I'm here to do my best to educate about those things. What you'll read here in this blog is a combination of my own personal experiences and feelings, plus whatever I can glean through research. I don't pretend to speak for all Americans. My own experiences will, of course, be different than those of some...