There are many different cultures around the world; We think some of them are normal while others are so weird that we can't understand them. Some countries have a different set of standards than other countries. For example, certain gestures that are not offensive in one country may be offensive in another. The OK sign means "ok" in the United States, but "in countries like Brazil, Germany, and Russia, the OK sign is an offensive gesture that represents a private bodily orifice" (Cotton). If you're not careful, you can unintentionally offend the people around you, which can make life very difficult. Since every nation in the world has a different culture with a different standard of living, each individual has different preferences on where they want to live in the future. Living in Japan should be more beneficial than living in any other country in the world. Based on their geography, demographics, government, and typical lifestyles of people in the United States, China, and Japan, I would rather live in Japan than the United States and China. The United States is unique in which many cultures are mixed to create a nation with many different cultures, either several cultures mixed to create a new unique culture, or a single culture that has retained its originality. The United States is known as the 'Pot' Fusion, a blending of many different cultures into one nation. For example, Chinese from Asia and Hispanics from Mexico migrated to California during the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century to become rich and famous. Bordered by two oceans, the Pacific to the west and the Atlantic to the east, and two countries, Canada to the north and Mexico to...... middle of paper ....... "The World Factbook Home". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency, January 30, 2014. Web. February 11, 2014. .Cotton, Gayle. "Gestures to avoid in cross-cultural affairs: in others, 'Keep your fingers to yourself!'." HuffPost Business. HuffingtonPost.com, Inc., June 13, 2013. Web. February 12, 2014. .FBI. “Crime Rates in the United States 1960 – 2012.” The disaster center. NP, 2013. Web. February 20, 2014. .Johnson, Marcia L. and Jeffrey R. Johnson. “Daily life in Japanese high schools.” Stanford University. Np, October 1996. “US Federal Government” Web. USA.gov: The official web portal of the US government. Np, March 4, 2014. Web. March 5, 2014. .Wikipedia. “Akihabara.” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, January 22, 2014. Web. March 5. 2014.