Why is everything so BIG in America? A Cultural Obsession with Size

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Why is everything so BIG in America? There's a cultural obsession with size. To Americans, size matters. From the monster trucks to the sprawling homes, to the mammoth food portions, to the endless highways - everything is massive! Go big or go home.

Why is enormousness so glorified? And is bigger really better? Well, we have a few theories of our own! Please let us know YOUR thoughts in the comments section below.

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Photo credits:

All images used in this video are in the public domain. Some of the photographic content is 'licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.'




By Dallaire8888 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
By Russell Bernice from New York City, U.S. - double big gulp, CC BY 2.0,
By Tammy - Weekend with Dee, CC BY 2.0,
Rolling Tiny House GmbH, Neumünster, Peter L. Pedersen -
Nicolás Boullosa -