The dollar is worth nothing, Americans are hated everywere and have lots of enemies ( besides the fact that they dress horribly!!) its infrastructure is lousy, has no trains, no social security, maybe they earn more than europeans but also spend more, they live 16 hours a day in their car whiole here in europe you dont even need one since transport is so good, food is lousy, cities are horrendous, all made of paper, no castles or palaces or nothing.. dont you think is a little overpriced to live there?
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america is not all that bad but it is getting harder here
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THEN KEEP YOUR ASS IN EUROPE
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It's a state of mind. We love it and so does most of the rest of the world because many from all over the globe keep trying to get here.
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The fact that we don't really give a sh*t what the rest of the world thinks of us, makes it much more tolerable. It'd be much nicer if the people who don't like it here would leave, and if foreigners would stop coming over.
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What you are saying is that you think it is better to ride the bus than own your own car? You Europeans have such an inferiority complex which is of course justified; America is superior. But instead of concocting idiotic reasons why Europe is better than American why not just learn to love yourself.
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I lived in Europe for 6 months.. and I was done!!!!! The weather is horrible hehehehhe sorry... but it is true. People are Rude.... there is dog poop in the streets... and the subway is just a big open bathroom where people pee and vomit... or sleep... I couldn't stand the smokers... Every pub in the winter is packed with people smoking those disgusting cigarettes. French people don't shower hehehe . It seems they don't like to work on the weekends... you can't find a supermarket or pharmacy opened on sundays. And one more thing... also some of them dress horribly ! So.... Are you asking why would anyone want to live in america!? I couldn't live in Europe!
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I live in Europe 6 months per year.Yes, it is beautiful but life is hard over here for the average person even more so than in the USA. They do have great transportation but at more than $6.oo per gallon for gas, they better have. Besides there is no place like home. America is my first love. The only reason I am choosing to live in Europe is that my husband came from over here and as we are getting older, we have lowered our expectations about life. Young people over here really have it much harder to get a good career going.Everyone has a good education so it is very competative for the good jobs here. The dollar is very low, true but if you can't afford to come here, then you shouldn't be here.If we don't travel from the Us, maybe they will miss us and do something to get us to visit over here. they do just want to tourist dollar just like anywhere else. People are greedy all over the world not just in the US. I agree with Mia above me. It is dirty here. They clean the streets every couple of days but drunks pee all over the place and so do the dogs. It smells!They also dress pretty much like in the states. Not so dressy any more. Too bad, that was one thing they had going for them!
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Been all over Europe and with the "possible" exception of Switzerland their is no place there (Europe) with near the attraction of the US. So Yes, I will always live in America.
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I think that you do a bit of exaggerating. You are picking on the bad aspects and exaggerating them as well. You did not mention what country you are from. I could find bad things about your country as well if I was just interested in finding fault. I wish I had more of the dollars that you claim are worth nothing. We we are certainly not perfect, we have one of the best and perhaps the best democracy in he world. We have the major principles of democracy as enunciated by Thomas Jefferson and others. We have improved our form of government by democratic and non-violent means since 1789. Our Presidents relinquish power peacefully when their time of office is up. We have without selfishness tried to make the world safe for democracy in WWI and in World War II. Our dress is informal not stiff and our dress does not depend on social class the way it does in many nations. We do not as a general rule live in cars, But we do have then by choice to a greater degree than many other countries. We do have Social Security. As a matter of fact I collect it myself. Food is not lousy and we easily partake of food from all nations. We do not have too many castles and palaces because we do not believe in royalty. We do have many outstanding buildings and natural wonders such as the Grand Canyon. We are one of the richest countries in the world and have great humanitarian efforts to aide others without seeking to conquer them. In short, we are not perfect but we always seem to get better.
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What is your MALFUNCTION? Gas in Europe is 3 times more than here in America, and maybe the dollar isn't as strong as it used to be, but we deal with it.... so we don't have castles? WE LOVE OUR CARS! that's why we have gallons and you guys have liters?? and how much you pay for a liter? like 3.00 or more? don't you think it's a little overpriced to live there?
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Because of living and working in America is much better than living anywhere else that is why the US immigration department has imposed stricter policy who like to work there. The dollar is worth something if that is the only thing you will argue about. Yes definitely Americans are hated everywhere but that is not the point in going to the US for yourself i presume, you are going there to live and work. Who said the infrastructure is lousy? Have you live there? I do not live in the US but looking at cities brochures example like Chicago and New York skyscrapers will definitely make you stay. Who said there are no trains, they have sub-way trains so definitely there is trains there in the US. There is social security, what country are you in? India or Afghanistan? You hate the US that much.
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LOL...Have you even BEEN to America? I've lived in Europe AND in America (and other continents as well) and I am telling you truly -- you need to base your opinions on more than blogs and television programs. You obviously have no idea what you are talking about.
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If all that is so true, than why do we have so many people trying to come here to live? If you would be visiting here on the 4th of July and happen to take in the ceremony where immigrants become American citizens (say for example at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello-which seems to be a popular place); you would see a broad spectrum of humanity. People from Europe, Africa, Asia, from all over the world. So we must be doing SOMETHING right! If you don't like the U.S. don't come here. If you don't like Americans, why ask anything about them on Yahoo? Leave us alone.
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Ooookay...what made you so bitter?We have trains,subways,buses,cars,planes,trucks...whatever other means of transportation do you need?We have social security,atleast it comes out of my check every week.I spend a total of 30 min. in my car daily,sometimes less seeing as how work is only 10 min. from home.And i guess you've never ate an American cheeseburger cause you wouldn't complain about our food.Better than tea and crumpets!And who'd want castles with little old ladies dictating everything the country does?It's stupid to me...why let ONE family rule your entire country?No matter how dumb they are,if they are born from the " royal family" they NEVER need to work again.Look how screwed up those two princes Harry and William are...and they are gonna be your leaders when the old lady dies?I think you need to worry about your own country,atleast we get to pick our president .You get whoever is born to that family,dumb or not. Overpirced?Maybe,but worth it.You pay for what you get. Bye Mr. Tea and Crumpets
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There are so many flaws with your question/rant. Have you ever lived here? It doesn't seem that you have. First off the Dollar is still worth as much as it always has. It has lost first place to the Euro but it hasn't lost any value, I still buy as much with my dollar today and if fuel will go back down we will be just fine. The infrastructure isn't lousy either you don't see many problems and we have trains in every major city as well as Amtrac. What the issue is here is that it isn't logical for a country of this size and in the way we are built to have trains go everywhere, people don't ride them they prefer to fly or drive. Our interstates are hardly rivaled by any country in the world. Oh and we have social security for every person who reaches the age of 62 so I am not sure where you got that tid bit that we don't have social security. Who says we live 16 hours a day in a car? In little bitty countries such as yours you don't need a car but remember that in states like Texas you can travel 3 days and never leave the state. We have some of the best food in the world you haven't been to Texas for bbq have you? You don't need to spread creame and cheese on everything...you have been listening to talk and not come for yourself to find out. There is every ethnic food in the world here. Our cities are just fine as well and none of them are made of paper. You don't need castles and palaces here we don't have kings or queens nor do we want them...the only one we would have had of the whole lot of you is Princess Diana and she is gone thanks to the press and your queen. No we aren't overpriced here the houses in your country are overpriced. Have you tried looking at the prices of things here compared to the sq ft of what you get there for the price? You might be suprised. I can buy a house in Georgia(a state here since you don't have a clue) and I can buy a nice house for under 200,000 dollars and the house is more than 2500 sq feet. get over yourself I feel some jealousy on your part.
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Wow.... there is some real arrogance going on here, from both side. And not everything boils down to cars and money... what about culture, attitudes of people, government, etc? These are the important things that make a country a nice place to live or not. Given how many Americans are on prozac I have to say these big cars and yummy foods are obviously not that special. And MIA, just wanted to point out that the weather in America is only nice in some places, and the weather in Europe is only bad in some places... and what you are b*tching about is true of all major cities- New York included. Europe is full of countries that are as different from each other as the states on America. And Maxx, not everyone is jealous of Americans- and the more you say things like that, the more the rest of the world thinks "oh shut up and get over yourself". Let's all just get over ourselves. Our countries are different, but it's not about being better, we usually just prefer what we are used to and so it's completely meaningless to sit here saying "my country is better than yours" back and forth.
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OK, America is a melting pot of people, but no I disagree with you. I think it is a great place to live, We don't dress terribly - you know we do have malls and "Not what to wear on TLC"!!! The train system is not too bad, and there is a social security system in place (not as comphensive as the UK) On a note of health care they have the best doctors in the world and hospital but you need health care insurance!!! I don't know about you but I don't live in my car for 16 hours a day! Do you?? Food is well food. America is still a young country when you compare it's history to that of Europe and England. But, it is no way boring - Go to Williamsburg, Washington DC, New York and you can see history lots of it, and America is proud of where and how they started their country. It is cheaper in some way to live here, gas is a lot less than in the UK, housing is cheaper than the UK, food is cheaper than the UK, taxes are less than what we pay in UK. Do you get the picture now??? So do I like living here? YES And, yes I miss the UK, but would I want to go back and live...and wait three weeks for a doctor's appointment, try to find a NHS dentist to a check up, (Thats like looking for a needle in a haystack!), spending 17.5% VAT (tax) on items I buy....I think I will stay here in the States
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Plus Europeans speak 2 or 3 languages, while most Americans can barely speak one!
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Keep telling everyone that.Than they won't want to come here an overstay there visa or sneak in.Or just won't leave to enjoy all the drama An horrorable way we have to suffer to live here???
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