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Addendum, @Vermillion-Rx:
I hope you replied with:
a census taker tried to survey me once. I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti.
thip-thip-thip-thip-thip-thip!
@Vermillion-Rx dude, that shit's not new at all! Check it out:
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@FrancoAP There are fewer and fewer first world people that want to go to the US. Your immigration is gonna be second and third worlders, as well as repressive places like China.
Most of my nephews and nieces have left the US behind for their European roots. Not because of some deep connection to it -- although them speaking the language growing up helped as well as a ready passport / dual citizenship --, but because they can get education cheap, housing cheap (relatively), healthcare reasonable and feel they have more opportunity to rise up the ranks. As well as having 3 weeks vacation a year and many have longer.
Some of them come out of apprenticeships without debt and being paid a small amount plus room and board and their work experience is seen as a better resume by companies than the people who went to college, have big debt, and low in practicals in the meantime.
The US is really expensive in many aspects except for doodads that I find less and less impressive as time goes on. Rent is high, food is expensive (and very monotone), and every place is looking the same. I love America for unique stuff especially the National and state parks, but the bullshit that has been rising since I was born makes me want to skip out as well.
Read More@mustangfrank1 dude, why aren't you posting this good stuff to the WAATGM forum?
Anyone want to step up and man up for this one?
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@lurkerhasarisen That last sentence is becoming less and less true. The guy who posted a silly meme about Hillary found that out. Granted, this could be changed with different people in charge.
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why would a ton of wealthy foreigners want to go to the US still?
Because every other place sucks even more… just in different ways. Most of the things that suck about being in the US can be mitigated - if not entirely negated - if you have money. Meanwhile, many of the things that suck about other places can’t be avoided at all.
For example, unless you are a career criminal or live in a small number of zip codes with a combined land area smaller than Long Island, your chances of being murdered in the US are less than your chances of being murdered in Europe. On the other hand, if you live in Europe, all the money in the world won’t change the fact that your roads were literally designed to accommodate the width of a Roman ox cart, or that I have easy access to a wider variety of consumer goods within a 30 minute drive from my house than you would in your entire country.
I can also fling red pills around the internet without having the bobbies kick down my door and haul me off to prison.
Read MoreI just don't get it guys. There are a fuckton of people from around the world that want to go the US, despite coming from very wealthy backgrounds; and yet, I keep reading that Americans are struggling with inflation and high household prices; why would a ton of wealthy foreigners want to go to the US still?