It seems that almost every other country in the world is on the metric system except for the United States.
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Even when using the UK Imperial system the US can't get gallons right!
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none of the above.  The US seems to attracts all kinds of people from all walks of life.  Its still a melting pot and all kinds of weirdos exist.  Some we like some we hate.  It's all a part of life.
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By "some" people you must mean "American people"....Everyone knows that as a general rule Americans are geographically ignorant, as well as culturally challenged. (soz but it's da tooth)
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at the moment only the good ol' USA is named United States.\nbesides the mexico example you mentioned, I don't know any others that were called United States in the past.
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if you cannot feel any difference in your country, elsewhere in the world it can be felt by the way the governments reacted. Everyone is happy that America will measure better its foreign policy before taking any radical action, like war. A single country cannot control a whole world.
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Same reason why we have the olympics to re-unify the world and create a link between different countries. It's also just competitive nature and countries wanting to be better than the others, patriotism and supporting your country, take your pick
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could it be USA as usual.  that's kinda obvious.
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I think the simple answer is because they can't be bothered.\n\nThey have grown up using inches and feet and miles etc and learning a whole new set of units is too much effort.\n\nIn the UK we have been undergoing a process of changeover since the 1830s or so.  Metric units had to be used in schools from the 1950s but still old people use imperial.  The majority of people know about metric but don't use it enough to get used to it.  I have never met anyone who actually knows their weight in Kg.
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Their are no counry but there might be some countries!!!!
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The United States of America do doubt about it.
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why do you find it so surprising?  the US has over 30 million poor people....isnt it amazing?  the richest country in the world....
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That's a single data point.  I wouldn't assume that other country's systems are better without more information.  I think we just get firehosed with info when it happens in the US vs elsewhere.
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You got it backwards - inches and feet, and quarts and gallons and etc, etc, are practically ancient units that someday, I hope, the metric system will replace entirely.  I don't know why there is so much resistance to this here in the US, but the attempt has been going on for decades.  I'm sick of having to have 2 sets of every type of wrench and socket, and always having to guess which one goes to some particular fastener on my car, which contains some metric, some SAE.
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It is a possibility.  There are a few countries, including India and China, which are starting to gain in power and strength.  This is a good thing for world stability.  It is unhealthy for one country to be the ultimate superpower and to think it can run the entire world.  Increasing power gains by other countries will challenge the US and "put it in its place."
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Because the US is too busy trying to tell people how to live thier life. The world will never be unified until they all have the freedom they deserve.
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I think it's misrepresented because of its isolation from other continents. Sports are pretty international, but not current science or art really.
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cos there just silly americans who think america is the whole world