As a kid growing up in the early 80s, America and Americans stood for everything that's good, protecting the world, etc, etc..

then I grew up and saw that they too have their faults, and are pretty similar to us. I regard the americans as our friends, and of course, friends can disagree over some issues and sometimes get annoyed at each other, but we'll still remain friends

Whenever I travel to the US I'm amazed by the openness and friendliness with which they greeted me. The culture itself isn't that different, since our cultures are so closely related. In general yours seemed to be a bit more consumer related