scottomus0 wrote:

Why the hell are all/most houses in America so fucking huge!
Because the entire damn country is fucking huge, they can afford to spread out a bit.

Seriously, while travelling a coupla years back, I spent about half a day drifting in and out of conciousness while on a bus, and the scenery didn't change once. Desert. Oil pumps. Intersection. Desert. Oil pumps. Diner. Oil pumps. Desert.
The other thing I learned was not to mix mountain dew and skittles.