The United States covers more land and displays a greater variety of customs and cultures than any European country. What do you have against Americans appreciating diverse regions and cultures within their own borders? Are you really so blind that you can't see the difference between Glacier Park, Montana, and San Antonio, Texas? Why shouldn't a kid from Biloxi, Mississippi, see the famous Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania?
...they have an extremely difficult time imagining that folks in other countries are productive, content, and sophisticated.
No. We just don't share your bizarre little obsession with kissing foreign ass.
They refuse to believe that there is a single aspect of a foreign existence that is not is every way inferior to life in the United States.
See previous response.
It is very unfortunate - Americans could learn a great deal about lifestyle from other nations - but they wont. Its too bad...
Have you always been a stuck up elitist prick?
Yep, as best I can tell, would be the answer to your last question.