Sheldon wrote:
> Goomba38 wrote:
>
>>Sheryl Rosen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Why would anyone ~choose~ to live under such primitive conditions in a third
>>>world country?
>>>
>>>What am I missing?
>>
>>Perhaps the same types who like to go camping on vacay, while I like
>>room service when I'm on holiday?
>
>
> Also, many in the US actually live not much differently than as if they
> were in a third world country, only they don't seem to know it...
> always announcing how poor they are, always announcing how they
> scrimp... of course it's *entirely* their *choice* yet they continue to
> maintain an underprivileged life style, for whatever reason only their
> shink could possibly know. Those who are born into a third world
> country haven't much choice but anyone who chooses to move to and live
> there obviously has some element of guilt in their psyche, and/or they
> simply choose to forego certain creature comforts in lieu of recieving
> much more value for their US dollars than had they remained in the
> US... many US retirees move to Central America, a US pension can buy
> quite an opulent life style, if they're in relatively good health
> (typically medical resources aren't the best) and willing to forego
> things like being able to buy the latest fashions... but they can have
> nice homes, eat extremely well, even have servants (btw, a housekeeper
> for a US family is a very enviable position, it ensures the
> housekeeper's family will be tended to also, and is a somewhat
> symbiotic relationship, ensuring a smooth transition for the US family
> amongst the locals). But I really wonder about those born in and
> living in the US *choosing* to live impoverished life styles, they seem
> to really enjoy whining, I doubt they are too well wrapped.
>
> Sheldon
>
It's amazing to see how people that are born in this country, want a
pity party thrown at them and yet don't want to lift a finger.

My uncle came from Cuba (with a minimum education: grade 9) in 1961. 20
years later, through very hard work and brains, owned a restaurant (The
Clam Broth House in Hoboken, NJ, with nine dining rooms, 2 of them being
formal ones where Joe Franklin from the Joe Franklin show frequented,
Frank Sinatra's mother, just to mention a few regulars) as well as 3
buildings. His first night in the US was spent washing dishes in NY
hotels and sleeping in the NYC subway. He moved up in the ranks of the
restaurant business, and when he studied the owners of those
restaurants, he realized he could do the same or better.

And he's one of the most nicest people still alive. Just an example; a
guy from Uruguay that used to work for him at the restaurant told him he
needed 5000K to bury his mother. It was all a lie. Years later, he came
back crying to my uncle for a job, and my uncle gave him one, and
forgave him his debt. I think that encapsulates the type of guy he is.

In this country, if you work hard and use 1/10 of your neurons, you will
be able to live the American dream; and then some.

Rich

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