[mrex]

I don't see why, given that looking through Google Maps seems to suggest that it's at least as common as not...

Let me just step back and observe that this is possibly the worst way to do cultural exchanges. Why does everyone have to take an attitude of superiority and judgement, instead of objective inquiry and mutual discovery?

[xorcist]

Good of you to notice. Explaining to other nationalities how their respective countries work can indeed be perceived as such.

[jamienicol]

Perhaps it's because you didn't start the exchange with enquiry, but instead claimed that what happens in your country is "exactly what every country does"