Vampires

I've been thinking about vampires recently. I've been trying to keep things unplugged, but it's difficult because it looks so messy and sometimes, I trip over the cords because they're on the ground. (No one said I was coordinated.)

When I lived in the Middle East, outlets looked like this:

Oh, the simplicity!

Why on earth don't we have these in North America? It's like our whole culture is designed around the idea that because we have so much land and prosperity, everything is unlimited.