As I've said before, I think Americans have a deeper appreciation of tradition than Europeans.
Whenever I've been to America, Americans have been almost apologetic when pointing out their historic buildings, never failing to say: "Of course, it's nothing compared to some of the buildings you've have in Ireland."
Old buildings are great, but personally I'm much more interested in living traditions than dead traditions And I think American society is more traditional than European society in terms of actually cherishing its traditions. So far as I can see, this is true of Europeans in general, for all the cultural diversity of the continent.
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