But, to be honest, before I moved here I had many as well. The United States is not well understood outside of its borders. Too many people want to paint the US in the simplest of terms. They accept the cliches too readily, are too willing to ignore the fact that American culture is as subtle and nuanced as any in the world. Television and the movies are not the sum total of American culture...very far from it.

Many non-Americans want to beleive the US is two-dimensional and unsophisticated, but anyone who really attempts to understand this nation will find that such beleifs are unfounded.