Jay Honeck wrote:
and from the cultural perspective or from the way of living and doing
things?

One interesting (and refreshing) thing I observed about Germans (or,
perhaps, Bavarians) was their attitude toward drinking. Around here (a
college town) the place is absolutely AWASH with beer and booze, but
just try to get any of it as an adult. You can't get a beer or a glass
of wine at any outdoor events -- period -- because it's treated like
crack cocaine.

I gather that the Germans are a bit more responsible about drinking.
Specifically not getting blitzed. Which leads to the question of
how to get that across the pond into the American culture...