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A kangaroo bounds across the rusty-red windswept outback; the setting sun, glowing a brilliant red, casts a shadow that grows longer and longer as the kangaroo continues on it path. This iconic picture of Australia is used across the world to promote the country. Compare this image to the image of the Midwest; rows of corn that stretch for as far as the eye can see, with an occasional deer running from field to field across the small country roads. These descriptions paint a picture of both countries that is not only unique, but fundamentally different from the other. In addition, it is not just the environment of the two that are different; it is the very way the people act and shape their country which differ. There are a massive number …show more content…
They also have people, 23 million of them. A country less that ten percent the population of the US might make it sound like a rural place, the opposite is true. Most of Australia’s population lives in cities, about seventy percent of the people live in only 10 cities. This makes the country feel like an urban jungle or a real jungle in some places. This is a massive difference from the US where small towns and farms dot the landscape with mid-sized cities everywhere. However, the people aren’t just living closer or further apart, they also act different. The culture of Australia is a relaxed one, full of humor, especially crude humor, and people not afraid to offend each other. Comedian Mark Little said of Australia, “The country itself is the ultimate joke; the wave you body-surf into shore after a day at the beach could contain a shark or a rip-tide and, when you get back, your house could have been burnt to the ground in a bush fire. That's where the whole 'no worries' thing comes from.” A black sense of humor that has developed from when it was a convict colony. Now America can seem like this sometimes, but for the most part this is not true. Many things that are a part of Australian culture could be considered crude at best and downright hateful at worst. America is on the other side of the correctness spectrum from Australia, with political correctness being a divisive issue. Telling an Aussie to be “politically correct” would result in a laugh and an ensuing joke at your

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