The meter is well known in the USA, we just don't use it much due to being heavily indoctrinated to using the foot of some dead king as our basis and not being forced into making the change in thinking! Also, all legal transactions with real estate are stuck with feet, rods, chains, acres, of measurement that the lawyers don't want to change.
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Eventually, one needs to realize that it is far less important to be the smartest person in the room than it is to sit next to that person and make friends.