Things I Appreciate About the U.S.

I recently returned from a three week trip to Costa Rica.  Though the trip was fun, I was very homesick and I realized some things that I really appreciate about the U.S. that I have always taken advantage of:

• reliable and usable plumbing
• heat and air conditioning
• affordability of houses/cars/etc. (with loans and such)
• lack of bugs, outdoors and indoors
• legitimacy of stores/restaurants/prices (actual receipts)
• health codes for restaurants
• lack of stray dogs on the streets
• suburban life
• amount of stores/selection of products
• commercial food
• paved streets (where it's necessary)