Originally posted by: Infohawk
Frankfurt is nicest IMHO. Sorry Euro-haters.
No, you're a Jingoist. You're a blind Nationalist.
YES.
For the U.S. Elitists show me a U.S. City not in decay.
Folks have been commenting on here and Foriegners visting of how dirty the U.S. Cities are.
Many have crumbling infrastructure.
Crime riddled yet they claim crime is down.
For example I am in New Orleans now. Shootings and Murders dominate everyday. Guys that I am working with had to abandon a Cell site they were working at because people were shooting in the parking lot across from them.
The New Orleans Police never report the events. They put them down as other not so violent things such as domestic dispute with babysitter.
If you're Christian, shouldn't you be thinking on a world-wide scale and saying "God bless the world"?
Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Originally posted by: raildogg
Originally posted by: Steeplerot
But, But, everywhere else is third world without shopping mauls even
Pretty nice for a bunch of socialist unamerican commies
Big clean citys with well taken care of people and social freedoms? Where do I sign up!
Uhm, Baghdad was/is a nice modern looking, and yet had a tyrannical rule?
So enough America bashing. Oh but wait, every post of yours is anti-American .... so keep on
A large metropolis doesn't reflect the entire country. For instance, New YorK City doesn't represent middle America.
So does Shanghai represent a factory with slave laborers somewhere in Guangdong province? Does Bombay represent Indian child laborers working in a factory in Chennai?
By the way, nice thread Aimster, sorry I had to add these comments. Just had to reply to him.
Interesting you bring this up:
Past year or so I have heard quite a few visiting europeans commenting on the fact that they always heard US is so nice compared to home and come to realize it's become sort of a dump with some scary warmongering whackos running the show.
Anyone want to comment on that from outside the US?
As far as your "every comment I make is anti-american" troll, yes this is my home and if it a mess I will say something about it. Ignoring your house will not get the dishes done or the floor swept. The dirt just piles up.
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: albatross
how are U.S. cities in decay?
just asking,i`m not american.
Folks have been commenting on here and Foriegners visting of how dirty the U.S. Cities are.
Many have crumbling infrastructure.
Crime riddled yet they claim crime is down.
For example I am in New Orleans now. Shootings and Murders dominate everyday. Guys that I am working with had to abandon a Cell site they were working at because people were shooting in the parking lot across from them.
The New Orleans Police never report the events. They put them down as other not so violent things such as domestic dispute with babysitter.
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: albatross
how are U.S. cities in decay?
just asking,i`m not american.
Folks have been commenting on here and Foriegners visting of how dirty the U.S. Cities are.
Many have crumbling infrastructure.
Crime riddled yet they claim crime is down.
For example I am in New Orleans now. Shootings and Murders dominate everyday. Guys that I am working with had to abandon a Cell site they were working at because people were shooting in the parking lot across from them.
The New Orleans Police never report the events. They put them down as other not so violent things such as domestic dispute with babysitter.
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: albatross
how are U.S. cities in decay?
just asking,i`m not american.
Folks have been commenting on here and Foriegners visting of how dirty the U.S. Cities are.
Many have crumbling infrastructure.
Crime riddled yet they claim crime is down.
For example I am in New Orleans now. Shootings and Murders dominate everyday. Guys that I am working with had to abandon a Cell site they were working at because people were shooting in the parking lot across from them.
The New Orleans Police never report the events. They put them down as other not so violent things such as domestic dispute with babysitter.
I don't know what cities you are talking about but big cities I've gone to are looking great. San Francisco is a great big city, so is Seattle. I don't see how you could think our cities are in decay...
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: albatross
how are U.S. cities in decay?
just asking,i`m not american.
Folks have been commenting on here and Foriegners visting of how dirty the U.S. Cities are.
Many have crumbling infrastructure.
Crime riddled yet they claim crime is down.
For example I am in New Orleans now. Shootings and Murders dominate everyday. Guys that I am working with had to abandon a Cell site they were working at because people were shooting in the parking lot across from them.
The New Orleans Police never report the events. They put them down as other not so violent things such as domestic dispute with babysitter.
I don't know what cities you are talking about but big cities I've gone to are looking great. San Francisco is a great big city, so is Seattle. I don't see how you could think our cities are in decay...
Trust me, New Orleans used to be MUCH MUCH worse than it is now.Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: albatross
how are U.S. cities in decay?
just asking,i`m not american.
Folks have been commenting on here and Foriegners visting of how dirty the U.S. Cities are.
Many have crumbling infrastructure.
Crime riddled yet they claim crime is down.
For example I am in New Orleans now. Shootings and Murders dominate everyday. Guys that I am working with had to abandon a Cell site they were working at because people were shooting in the parking lot across from them.
The New Orleans Police never report the events. They put them down as other not so violent things such as domestic dispute with babysitter.
Originally posted by: werk
Trust me, New Orleans used to be MUCH MUCH worse than it is now.
Originally posted by: Aimster
The problem is the U.S has already advanced.
Third World/Second World Countries means they are advancing. Therefore, their buildings are going to look more modern.
A fourth world/fifth world country would just be standing still (EX: Africa)
I have to disagree with people saying the U.S is dirty.
While the U.S might not have "many" modern looking buildings, they do have more buildings than all those countries I listed combined. I can go outside and take pictures of 30-50 buildings. Other nations you can only find such buildings in the capital city.
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Originally posted by: BarneyFife
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: albatross
how are U.S. cities in decay?
just asking,i`m not american.
Folks have been commenting on here and Foriegners visting of how dirty the U.S. Cities are.
Many have crumbling infrastructure.
Crime riddled yet they claim crime is down.
For example I am in New Orleans now. Shootings and Murders dominate everyday. Guys that I am working with had to abandon a Cell site they were working at because people were shooting in the parking lot across from them.
The New Orleans Police never report the events. They put them down as other not so violent things such as domestic dispute with babysitter.
I don't know what cities you are talking about but big cities I've gone to are looking great. San Francisco is a great big city, so is Seattle. I don't see how you could think our cities are in decay...
I've always wanted to visit both cities and they do look nice but can you find a European city that is as bad as St. Louis, Detroit, Gary Indiana, New Orleans, Hartford? Off the top of my head, I can't think of any.
Originally posted by: raildogg
Uhm, NYC, LA and Chicago are much bigger and have more things to do. Sorry America-haters. If you want a cute city, check out Charlotte, its absolutely beautiful.
Originally posted by: Crimson
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Thanks for the pics Aimster.
I have not been off the U.S. rock and this shows how other Cities are progressing while U.S. Cities are in decay.
For the U.S. Elitists show me a U.S. City not in decay.
You have not been outside of the United States, but you claim to know that the U.S. cities are in decay compared to foreign countries? Dave.. You are just sad. I've traveled to, I'd guess, around 20 different countries so far in my life. While I have not been to every country, I can easily say, perhaps excluding Canada (Which is basically the United States anyway), that the United States as a whole (And I've been to nearly every State), is better than every country I've visited.
Don't take that the wrong way, as I know you will.. I'm not saying there is anything WRONG with these countries I visited.. They are beautiful, the people are friendly, etc.. But once you get outside of the tourist trap, the people are usually POOR.. The poor of these countries would live like KINGS if they had the type of job you claim we only have in the United States (McD's and Walmart).. Dave, you may THINK you have seen poverty, but if you have never left the United States you have NO IDEA what it is. And the funny thing is, is these people appreciate what little they do have more than your sorry ass here in the United States.
Its amazing your opinions about America are so strong Dave, when you have absolutely NOTHING to compare it to. Maybe you need to join the Peace Corp or something and travel a little to get some perspective.. and you will realize how absolutely great it is here in the United States. Its sad when the main thing people like you have to complain about is the lack of choice in broadband service, or perhaps even lack of broadband service in a rural area. THATS not decay Dave, thats called you having too damn much handed to you on a silver platter in this country to even KNOW what you should really be complaining about.
You can say our cities are in decay when you don't have electricity for months after a storm, or you use the river to clean your clothes in because there is no such thing as running water where you live. You can complain when you can get 1 radio station on the AM radio you have, and not DirecTV to you 36 inch TV, and your broadband connection to millions of places on the internet. You can complain when you have to take a crappy motorcycle 30 miles to the nearest market to pack a couple necessities into a bag for your family.. rather than taking your own personal car 5 minutes down the road to Walmart which carries anything you could ever want for any situation.
Dave, you can start commenting on the state of our country when you actually have some life experience. You'd think at your age you would have that by now.. But its clear you are too wrapped up in complaining about things like government taking away your rights because you illegally install software on someone elses computer than to worry about what the rest of the world is like.
Get outside your bubble Dave, the world does not revolve around you and your minor problems which you bring upon yourself.
Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Originally posted by: Aimster
The problem is the U.S has already advanced.
Third World/Second World Countries means they are advancing. Therefore, their buildings are going to look more modern.
A fourth world/fifth world country would just be standing still (EX: Africa)
I have to disagree with people saying the U.S is dirty.
While the U.S might not have "many" modern looking buildings, they do have more buildings than all those countries I listed combined. I can go outside and take pictures of 30-50 buildings. Other nations you can only find such buildings in the capital city.
The judgement of how well a country doing is not in how many building they have, it's how well they take care of the poor. That is the first thing to look for to judge a country. It reflects on the society as a whole. You can tell this country is in serious decline from the attitude -disdain for the poor now from the lucky who were born into sheltered middle class wealth.
Little do they realize they are just a few paychecks away from swilling 40's in the gutter too.
And the people with the money don't truely give a damn about them even though they constantly see the carrot of wealth dangled before them and they myth of the "american dream" repaeated ad nasum to keep them working for less.
The wealthy have no more pity for the working class as the middle class themselves give to the homeless.
-And the once proud ship of liberty- The USA lists and starts it's decent into the murky waters of third world mindset and poverty eating their own on the way down.