My favorite thing is that Europe is spooky because it’s old and America is spooky because it’s big
“The difference between America and England is that Americans think 100 years is a long time, while the English think 100 miles is a long way.” –Earle Hitchner
Isn’t it Neil Gaiman who likes to say that Europe has history, while America has geography? That’s kind of the point of American Gods – the ancient traditions of the Old World don’t do well here; the enduring god of America is The Land.