People get bogged down in arguments about what's better or more natural, but in my opinion those always miss the point. The truth is, there's no incentive for t

People get bogged down in arguments about what's better or more natural, but in my opinion those always miss the point. The truth is, there's no incentive for the US to switch. If you're a typical adult living in the US, you already know all the conversions you will need (12 inches to a foot, etc etc). The math isn't hard, because you always have a calculator at hand in this age. In short, imperial units have zero downside for most people. On the other hand, switching units of measurement does have a major downside as you have to relearn to estimate everything in the new units. That would be fine if metric was solving a problem for you... but it's not, so why switch? The only people who benefit from a switch to metric are kids (cause they won't have to learn the imperial conversions). And they, for better or for worse, don't get a say. If people really want the US to switch measurements so badly (which I have no idea why anyone gives a shit what our country does, it's not like it affects them), then they need to come up with an actual compelling benefit to adults in the US if they switch. 100 years ago there was one: you can do conversions more easily. But today there is not, and until one surfaces there's going to be zero pressure to switch units.