North America

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I have some observations from traveling through USA and Canada from this Summer to share.
Work
People work hard and long hours they have not much time for relax. Short vacation is another problem. In Canada companies tend to follow American rules especially when ownership changes to American.
Money
If you have credit card you can feel almost like a resident.  When you give tips you can also feel rich especially when you hear: “Thank you sir, I really appreciate that”. All you need is money. I brought new book:  Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez - "Your money of your life" it goes deeper into this subject and also  "The New Rules of Marketing and PR" of Davids Meerman Scott.
Cars
Most of the cars are big, road lanes are wide, junctions are big and parking places are big. My friend says that everything in America is big. Renting cars with "dollar" was easy but insurance was expensive, I think. I like the way people drive cars. The traffic is fluent. There are not many traffic jams, but close to bigger cities there is more traffic. I have seen roads with seven lanes in one direction. If you travel with one or more person you can use (in Toronto) dedicated line. In Montreal there are a lot of exits and entries on the highway. Even with GPS it is difficult to find right one. GPS does not work well in cities due to pure signal resulting from high buildings.
Gas and highways tickets
In USA the gas is chip but in Canada you do not pay for highway. I do not like the payments for the highway in the Delaware state – too much for the short distance. You need a cash (no create cards served) or you can pay with ezpass.
Police
People accept fines without discussion. I heard it is easier to get speed limit fine during the last day of month, guess why. Speed limit violation is the reason to be stopped. Double fines when road works. There is square and park police – it does not look like very hard work.
Language
In Quebec you can hear French and feel like in France and I think even more than in real France.
Places
From the places I have seen I like the most:

• I like Ottawa for the downtown
• Boston for Financial District and the harbor
• New York for city and the atmosphere
• National parks for nature and quiet
• Niagara Falls for a lot of water its power and the view

Toilet
It does work different from what I have seen before. Here is a link to the movie to explain. I am not sure it is better from European solution as I had problems with this system in two places.
Other
I have not seen many bikes and dogs but many airports.