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"America: Land of the free, home of fried food, baseball and reality television.\nAs Americans, we are our own worst critics. It's easy to get caught up in the negative, and forget about all the things that make the United States an amazing place to live. Where else can you eat peanut butter and jelly and wear sweatpants in public at the same time? Nowhere but 'Merica, that's where. (Ok, probably elsewhere.)\nSee also: 21 Deep-Fried Delicacies for the Fourth of July\nIn honor of the upcoming celebration of American independence, and the USMNT hopefully winning the World Cup, we've compiled a list of 50 reasons to love the U-S-of-A.\n1. National Parks \n2. The Internet\n3. Denim\n4. Jazz\n5. The carpool lane\n6. Deep fried everything\n\n7. Multiculturalism\n8. All-you-can-eat buffets\n9. Grumpy Cat\n10. Playing in fire hydrants\n11. Automatic Cars\n\n12. Dunkin' Donuts\n13. State Fairs\n14. Patriotism\n15. Disney World\n16. Mac and cheese\n\n17. Hot dogs\n18. Jorts\n19. Morgan Freeman's voice\n20. Colorado\n\n21. Drive-in movie theaters\n22. March Madness\n23. Levi's\n24. PB &amp; J\n\n25. Abraham Lincoln\n26. Drive-through liquor stores\n27. Go-Karts\n28. NASA\n29. Apple pie\n\n30. Shark Week\n31. The ability to see Glacier National Park and Times Square in one road trip\n32. Costco \n33. Clean public drinking water\n34. Beyonc\u00E9\n\n35. Sunday comics\n36. Airplanes\n37. Turkey bowling\n38. Go-Karts\n39. Thanksgiving \r\n\r\n40. The American Dream\r\n41. Reality TV\r\n42. BBQ\r\n43. The Super Bowl\r\n44. YouTube\r\n45. Lifted trucks\r\n\r\n46. NASCAR\r\n47. Coca-Cola\r\n48. Baseball\r\n49. Technological Innovation\r\n50. The Fourth of July\r\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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