Moving to the USA, investing there or building a company is never just a choice of tax rates and legal structures. You are also choosing people, a mentality and an everyday life that works differently from Europe. Here we show you the America behind the headlines: what makes Americans tick, power and corporatism, the groups that make up society, the cost of living and what a conservative life in the USA actually feels like today. Add to that our state profiles and stories from the country that may soon become part of your own life.
These Americans are crazy
What Europeans only understand about Americans once they have lived, worked and celebrated with them for a while.
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US states at a glance
From Alabama to Wyoming: 51 profiles covering location, taxes, the economy and our services on the ground.
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Small Town USA: the America of country songs
White clapboard houses, a rocking chair on the front porch, endless fields and the flag in the front yard. We know this America from movies and country songs, and it really exists. Small Town USA shows you the country away from the coastal cities, where neighbors are still neighbors and the American dream often looks very different from New York or Los Angeles.
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Homeschooling in the USA
In the USA, homeschooling has long been a normal part of education and has grown even more important since the pandemic. Find out what options families have and what you should know.
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The Oak I Once Wanted to Be Buried Under
“People leave each other alone until someone needs help.”