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Julie Bove[_2_]

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:31:49 -0300, wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 17:01:48 -0500, "Pete C." >
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> >
>>>> >Keep laughing, I've been to the UK, I've seen the Cairo-esque slums
>>>> >you've got there. The US is far, far better off than your imploded
>>>> >empire.
>>>>
>>>> Wow and you don't see the similarities in the USA right now ??
>>>
>>>With the exception of a couple very small areas in the US, absolutely
>>>not. Those who try to claim there are, or that there is huge poverty, or
>>>tons of racism or "gun crime" have not the slightest clue what they are
>>>talking about. Only those who both live in the US and have traveled it
>>>extensively have a real concept of what the US is actually like. The
>>>reality is the US is both huge and diverse and the 50 US states +
>>>territories are more properly compared to the whole of Europe and all
>>>the different countries there since each US state is decidedly different
>>>from the rest.
>>
>>So driving coast to coast over a period of five weeks doesn't count ?
>>Probably seen more than many born Americans.
>
> Driving around the US for a measley five weeks you've seen nothing,
> ZERO! You'd see little of NYC in five months.

Indeed! There are all sorts of itty bitty towns and townships here that
you'd never know about unless you had some reason to go there. Like knowing
someone who lives there.