50 Reasons to Love America

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A US fan holds a flag prior to the group G World Cup soccer match between the USA and Germany at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Thursday, June 26, 2014.

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By Brian Koerber2014-07-01 16:30:48 UTC

America: Land of the free, home of fried food, baseball and reality television.

As Americans, we are our own worst critics. It's easy to get caught up in the negative, and forget about all the things that make the United States an amazing place to live. Where else can you eat peanut butter and jelly and wear sweatpants in public at the same time? Nowhere but 'Merica, that's where. (Ok, probably elsewhere.)

See also: 21 Deep-Fried Delicacies for the Fourth of July

In honor of the upcoming celebration of American independence, and the USMNT hopefully winning the World Cup, we've compiled a list of 50 reasons to love the U-S-of-A.

1. National Parks

2. The Internet

3. Denim

4. Jazz

5. The carpool lane

6. Deep fried everything

7. Multiculturalism

8. All-you-can-eat buffets

9. Grumpy Cat

10. Playing in fire hydrants

11. Automatic Cars

12. Dunkin' Donuts

13. State Fairs

14. Patriotism

15. Disney World

16. Mac and cheese

17. Hot dogs

18. Jorts

19. Morgan Freeman's voice

20. Colorado

21. Drive-in movie theaters

22. March Madness

23. Levi's

24. PB & J

25. Abraham Lincoln

26. Drive-through liquor stores

27. Go-Karts

28. NASA

29. Apple pie

30. Shark Week

31. The ability to see Glacier National Park and Times Square in one road trip

32. Costco

33. Clean public drinking water

34. Beyoncé

35. Sunday comics

36. Airplanes

37. Turkey bowling

38. Go-Karts

39. Thanksgiving

40. The American Dream

41. Reality TV

42. BBQ

43. The Super Bowl

44. YouTube

45. Lifted trucks

46. NASCAR

47. Coca-Cola

48. Baseball

49. Technological Innovation

50. The Fourth of July

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