16 People On Things They Couldn’t Believe About America Until They Moved Here

1. Rakib Islam
I am originally from Bangladesh and here are a few things that I find hard to explain to peeps back home.
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* By and large, people do not carry cash.
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2. Triya Bhattacharya
... I’ll mention that I’m from India and that I’m writing from an Indian point of view, and what struck me as unusual based on what notions I’d built up after watching so much Hollywood and TV series.
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Cashless Society – Coming from India, where we just need cash because cards are not accepted at most places, I was really surprised by the cashless system in the US. Every place accepts credit cards. Even a small picnic I went to, which had an entry fee, had some sort of mobile app and a device attached to accept credit cards. It was amazing.
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