I guess history and a sense of being part of an established culture.
Do also want to point out though that Americans talk their country down on here. It's a place of extremes but that diversity in theory means anyone could find their niche. They also have pretty much every biome you might want to live in from desert, to parks to icy tundra - I can see why you might not need a passport.
Start off with a github pages static site so it's free and you can get a feel for it. I'm assuming this is for blog posts? I've seen some cool blogs about how to use embedded mastodon to add comments to your blogs (assuming you link to the blog page in a mastodon post).
I used to have a CrunchyRoll sub but since I caught up with Overlord I cancelled it.
At the moment I'm watching Sakamoto Days and Dan Da Dan which are both on Netflix so haven't had to resub to crunchyroll yet.
Just avoid talking about politics with them. Ultinately neither of you are in control of world events so focus on what you have in common instead of jettisoning someone from your life for something almost as superficial as supporting a different sports team.
There's always the next MCU movie coming out! You can grab a cheeky nandos afterwards with that one friend you've kept in touch with from school - but don't spend too much! Need to keep up on the mortgage for the new build starter home with astroturf lawns you are locked into paying for for the next 25 years.
Maybe this will finally be the year for sports team to win something!
Also effects last for nearly a day