Is American Samoa too “Americanized”?
At least one travel advisor thinks so. The capitol city, Pago Pago, certainly has an American industrial flavor – there’s a large containership port, a U.S. National Park Service visitor center, and a huge American-owned tuna-canning plant which is by far the largest employer in either American or Independent Samoa (though it provides more than 3,000 jobs, people predictably grouse about the aroma). Kids also ride to school on classic American-style schoolbuses. Prices, too, tend to be more American than Samoan. They’re quoted in U.S. dollars and far higher than those in Independent Samoa.
