Great Thread!
(1) As a veteran, I appreciate free education. Not only does the VA offer the GI bill for 36 months of education, the VA has programs to pay for additional schooling when needed. The US also recently passed a bill that would allow all US veterans in-state tuition to any state school across the country. Given that I've lived in more states than most have traveled, I find it hard to answer exactly where home is. Sometimes I respond with a simple, America.
(2) That beyond conspiracies, and politics, we are all Americans united. My father, a catholic republican, is still proud of his son, who doesn't share his core values. Perhaps, it should have been beaten into me, but the catholic school teachers I went to weren't allowed to beat us with rulers. I am friends with peoples of all shapes, sizes, colors, ages, and opinions. It is our right to enter the bond of friendship or not. I respect the ability to look past ones differences and appreciate those for who they really are.
(3) America as a whole. I've hitch hitched coast to coast twice. I've taken craigslist rideshare's across the country. I've even given hitch hikers cross country rides. America is huge. Each part of the country is different. Different population, different landscapes, different foods, different everything! Americans accept foreign travelers, and travelers of their own kind. Granted, not every American has a pure heart. Many don't pick up hitch hikers for said pure hearted reasons. Some are connected enough to want to share their day, by helping out a fellow traveler by way of a free ride, and sometimes free food.
