I've always been pretty attached to the landscapes from which I inspire my every day and thanks to having been born to a world with seemingly infinite technological potential I'm capable of easily immersing myself in landscapes which do not resemble those pictured in my head. Quite recently I took up the hobby of looking around the world with Google Earth VR and to a lesser extent the normal Google Maps. I found that, while it visually ressembles the lands from which I hail, North America as a whole feels extraterrestrial. I've read countless of wikipedia pages which should nullify this view of mine but even though I know they're the exact same trees I can't help but see them differently, something feels off about them. Not to mention the urban aspect. Having grown up in a progressive european city I'm always baffled by the structure (or lack there-of) of the big American cities (except New York and San Francisco those are actually well thought-out for a change). Everything across the pond seems deceptively familiar, sometimes I'll actually feel familiarity for things I've only ever seen on pictures, like suburbs for example. The first time I stepped into an American suburb with my vr headset I had this feeling of nostalgia wash over me. I've never seen a European suburb let alone an American one so I still to this day don't know why it happened and it intrigues me. I haven't any real thoughts in "American culture", mainly because it feels as if it isn't a thing. It's bits and pieces of every Western-European culture shifted across time to form something that doesn't really feel unique to me, it's also prevalent to the point of being the default for just about everything, fading in the background. Most families in my country's cities are starting to drop local traditions in favour of Santa Claus which is weird because until recently I didn't even know Santa Claus was popularised by America. American movies, American language, American games, American social platforms, hell even American cars now, EVERYTHING has become American, making it seem like it's what's normal.