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<p>It is pretty easy to understand why a Dane might be intererested in American politics, especially when comparing the political and government landscape in Scandinavia. </p>
<p>I happen to think that the OP would find spending time in Texas truly fascinating – although the culture shock might be different than expressed here. It might be a culture shock to see a state that is definitely pro-business/pro-growth and does not (yet) believe in the a birth-to-grave welfare system or in the values of the force of the unions.</p>
<p>The OP might also witness first-hand how some are determined to transform the US into a a collection of nanny-states by borrowing most of major economic mistakes made by the European countries, and especially in the North. </p>
<p>Fwiw, I am wondering where there are more inhabitants. In Houston or in the entire Denmark. :)</p>