Strange it is indeed. I checked the ratings of a large pool of members and compared them. Contacted members and asked for feedback. Americans where consistently giving higher ratings than Europeans. Even in situations where they agreed on the stores they rated. Even adding the word 'excellent' to the 5th star or Terrible' to the first star was not enough. I had to add 'cant get any better than this' or 'can't get worse than this' to these, before it did the trick.
I can't explain it either. Must be a cultural thing.
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