This is quite an interesting topic because I like seeing how other people view their lives in the US. Alot of people take a pessimistic view of their lives in the US -- but I've gotta tell you, living here is solely what you make of it.
Things change from state to state. I've been all across the US and life in New York is nothing compare to life in Houston, which is completely different then life in Orlando, which is COMPLETELY different then life in San Francisco. The people are different, LIFE is different. Some places are ethnically strained, others are a supreme melting pot of opportunity.
Where I live now there are absolutely no walls. You can roam around in any particular part of the city (even the most ethnic parts of the cities) and never feel out of place. Sure there is still crime. I don't know any country without crime, but I love this place.
I feel bad for those that sit and think that if lifes so bad in this country that they have to sit here and take it. Just moving to a different city can completely change your life. Everyone is truly looking for security -- but this is everywhere in the world, it has nothing to do with just people in america.
The US is truly a place where you can literally have nothing when you get here and end up becoming a millionaire.
Someone here posted a question asking why so many people try to get into this country still with all the problems we have. It's simple. Americans are lazy. While you're sitting about complaining on your computer theres a guy out there collecting unwanted books so he can sell them on Ebay, or finding used things to sell in a thrift store. He's working -- and he's come from a third world country. Thats why in the end he'll have the money and you'll still be complaining. It's because many americans (as it seems here on the MMORPG forums) take for granted what America offers. They just end up being bitter because they've tried nothing with their lives and it's not making them a millionaire while someone from another country can come in and be completely content and happy.
/agreed and the strangest thing is people from all over the world still try to get into this hellhole and some even die in the attempt, go figure, so just for the record we the USA have tried to be like the world and friends with the world for so long we have become you. Just another third world hellhole.
Boohoo! Cry me a river, why don't you try living in an actual third world country where people don't even have clean drinking water and struggle to find food every day, where people live and sleep on the fucking dirt, where rampant militias terrorise people every day, raping and killing.
Yet here you are sitting on your ass in front of a computer complaining that your country is a third world hellhole.
I have lived on the street for a year with little more than the clothes on my back and no money,walking miles to get a bologna sandwich, digging in a dumpster for cans,searching for a quiet backstreet office to take a gardenhose shower and sleeping in dirt.
So don't lecture too me about poverty. I have lived it
And the only reason i sit in front of a computer is because i break my back everyday doing hard physical labor in the hot summer sun. I "Earned" the right to be here.Try framing in an Arizona summer at 110 degrees plus.
As for the poverty stricken , too GD bad heres an idea " If you cannot feed them Don't breed them"
With 15%+ of the nation as immigrants from third world hellholes and another 10% who live on a Goverment subsidy i submit 25%+ of the nation has become a third world hellhole, Ever been to downtown Phoenix or El Paso?, not much difference than what i have seen south of the border in Mexico.
/agreed and the strangest thing is people from all over the world still try to get into this hellhole and some even die in the attempt, go figure, so just for the record we the USA have tried to be like the world and friends with the world for so long we have become you. Just another third world hellhole.
Boohoo! Cry me a river, why don't you try living in an actual third world country where people don't even have clean drinking water and struggle to find food every day, where people live and sleep on the fucking dirt, where rampant militias terrorise people every day, raping and killing.
Yet here you are sitting on your ass in front of a computer complaining that your country is a third world hellhole.
I have lived on the street for a year with little more than the clothes on my back and no money,walking miles to get a bologna sandwich, digging in a dumpster for cans,searching for a quiet backstreet office to take a gardenhose shower and sleeping in dirt.
So don't lecture too me about poverty. I have lived it
And the only reason i sit in front of a computer is because i break my back everyday doing hard physical labor in the hot summer sun. I "Earned" the right to be here.Try framing in an Arizona summer at 110 degrees plus.
As for the poverty stricken , too GD bad heres an idea " If you cannot feed them Don't breed them"
With 15%+ of the nation as immigrants from third world hellholes and another 10% who live on a Goverment subsidy i submit 25%+ of the nation has become a third world hellhole, Ever been to downtown Phoenix or El Paso?, not much difference than what i have seen south of the border in Mexico.
I've been to El Paso, and I've been to New Mexico, and I go to Phoenix every other year for a conference. Saying that people have it hard in certain parts of the US is like saying people have it hard in some parts of China. Your view is solely your perception of how you think people live. There are many reasons why people live in poverty in the US -- perhaps more diverse ways then any other nation, I really couldn't tell you. But I can tell you theres just as many ways to become rich here.
/agreed and the strangest thing is people from all over the world still try to get into this hellhole and some even die in the attempt, go figure, so just for the record we the USA have tried to be like the world and friends with the world for so long we have become you. Just another third world hellhole.
Boohoo! Cry me a river, why don't you try living in an actual third world country where people don't even have clean drinking water and struggle to find food every day, where people live and sleep on the fucking dirt, where rampant militias terrorise people every day, raping and killing.
Yet here you are sitting on your ass in front of a computer complaining that your country is a third world hellhole.
I have lived on the street for a year with little more than the clothes on my back and no money,walking miles to get a bologna sandwich, digging in a dumpster for cans,searching for a quiet backstreet office to take a gardenhose shower and sleeping in dirt.
So don't lecture too me about poverty. I have lived it
And the only reason i sit in front of a computer is because i break my back everyday doing hard physical labor in the hot summer sun. I "Earned" the right to be here.Try framing in an Arizona summer at 110 degrees plus.
As for the poverty stricken , too GD bad heres an idea " If you cannot feed them Don't breed them"
With 15%+ of the nation as immigrants from third world hellholes and another 10% who live on a Goverment subsidy i submit 25%+ of the nation has become a third world hellhole, Ever been to downtown Phoenix or El Paso?, not much difference than what i have seen south of the border in Mexico.
I'll be honest I have never been to a third world country nor have I ever lived on the streets so I won't lecture you any further on either, however you have never been to a third world country. The ONLY thing you can compare the poverty-stricken parts of the US is too other parts of the US. Until your country actually becomes listed as third world than I will believe you. Your opinion is based solely on your experiences doing it tough and it really shows.
On the other side, in Sweden you can't buy firearms or any kind of weapon if you don't have licens for it. Weapons for hunting require 7 books of the fauna and security (3 when I've read it), you've have to make test on chapters and a final exam were you must have a high score to get your hunting licens. And then you mustpass the weaponhandle and targetshooting. Small firearms, such as guns you much go to practice 6 month, and security exams. Then you must compete with a .22 for a while then make exams for bigger calibres. But if you're not activly compete you loose the license. And if you sell you're gun you loose it to. If you not buy a new one in a short period.
I don't want to get into all the other stuff but I'll toss in something from my own life in regards to firearms.
When I was growing up (on a farm in the middle of nowhere) my parents had guns in the house. Not locked up, just sitting in a closet. I can't remember when I first fired a gun but I must have been very young. Later we kept the guns in gun cabinets as my brothers and sisters and I all got our own guns.
I don't remember for sure when I first started hunting but I know that I was going hunting alone by the age of 10. Dad bought me my first gun of my own at the age of 12 ( a .22 rifle). Later on I bought a 12 gauge shotgun and high power rifle.
My parents thought nothing of it if I, at the age of 10, got out a shotgun or rifle, loaded it, and went outside alone with it. Heck, I remember my brother and I setting up little plastic toy army men and shooting at them with .22 rifles just for casual entertainment when we were kids.
Of course this isn't exactly a typical childhood for kids in America. But that's the way it was for me.
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This is quite an interesting topic because I like seeing how other people view their lives in the US. Alot of people take a pessimistic view of their lives in the US -- but I've gotta tell you, living here is solely what you make of it.
Things change from state to state. I've been all across the US and life in New York is nothing compare to life in Houston, which is completely different then life in Orlando, which is COMPLETELY different then life in San Francisco. The people are different, LIFE is different. Some places are ethnically strained, others are a supreme melting pot of opportunity.
Where I live now there are absolutely no walls. You can roam around in any particular part of the city (even the most ethnic parts of the cities) and never feel out of place. Sure there is still crime. I don't know any country without crime, but I love this place.
I feel bad for those that sit and think that if lifes so bad in this country that they have to sit here and take it. Just moving to a different city can completely change your life. Everyone is truly looking for security -- but this is everywhere in the world, it has nothing to do with just people in america.
The US is truly a place where you can literally have nothing when you get here and end up becoming a millionaire.
Someone here posted a question asking why so many people try to get into this country still with all the problems we have. It's simple. Americans are lazy. While you're sitting about complaining on your computer theres a guy out there collecting unwanted books so he can sell them on Ebay, or finding used things to sell in a thrift store. He's working -- and he's come from a third world country. Thats why in the end he'll have the money and you'll still be complaining. It's because many americans (as it seems here on the MMORPG forums) take for granted what America offers. They just end up being bitter because they've tried nothing with their lives and it's not making them a millionaire while someone from another country can come in and be completely content and happy.
Boohoo! Cry me a river, why don't you try living in an actual third world country where people don't even have clean drinking water and struggle to find food every day, where people live and sleep on the fucking dirt, where rampant militias terrorise people every day, raping and killing.
Yet here you are sitting on your ass in front of a computer complaining that your country is a third world hellhole.
I have lived on the street for a year with little more than the clothes on my back and no money,walking miles to get a bologna sandwich, digging in a dumpster for cans,searching for a quiet backstreet office to take a gardenhose shower and sleeping in dirt.So don't lecture too me about poverty. I have lived it
And the only reason i sit in front of a computer is because i break my back everyday doing hard physical labor in the hot summer sun. I "Earned" the right to be here.Try framing in an Arizona summer at 110 degrees plus.
As for the poverty stricken , too GD bad heres an idea " If you cannot feed them Don't breed them"
With 15%+ of the nation as immigrants from third world hellholes and another 10% who live on a Goverment subsidy i submit 25%+ of the nation has become a third world hellhole, Ever been to downtown Phoenix or El Paso?, not much difference than what i have seen south of the border in Mexico.
Boohoo! Cry me a river, why don't you try living in an actual third world country where people don't even have clean drinking water and struggle to find food every day, where people live and sleep on the fucking dirt, where rampant militias terrorise people every day, raping and killing.
Yet here you are sitting on your ass in front of a computer complaining that your country is a third world hellhole.
I have lived on the street for a year with little more than the clothes on my back and no money,walking miles to get a bologna sandwich, digging in a dumpster for cans,searching for a quiet backstreet office to take a gardenhose shower and sleeping in dirt.So don't lecture too me about poverty. I have lived it
And the only reason i sit in front of a computer is because i break my back everyday doing hard physical labor in the hot summer sun. I "Earned" the right to be here.Try framing in an Arizona summer at 110 degrees plus.
As for the poverty stricken , too GD bad heres an idea " If you cannot feed them Don't breed them"
With 15%+ of the nation as immigrants from third world hellholes and another 10% who live on a Goverment subsidy i submit 25%+ of the nation has become a third world hellhole, Ever been to downtown Phoenix or El Paso?, not much difference than what i have seen south of the border in Mexico.
I've been to El Paso, and I've been to New Mexico, and I go to Phoenix every other year for a conference. Saying that people have it hard in certain parts of the US is like saying people have it hard in some parts of China. Your view is solely your perception of how you think people live. There are many reasons why people live in poverty in the US -- perhaps more diverse ways then any other nation, I really couldn't tell you. But I can tell you theres just as many ways to become rich here.
Boohoo! Cry me a river, why don't you try living in an actual third world country where people don't even have clean drinking water and struggle to find food every day, where people live and sleep on the fucking dirt, where rampant militias terrorise people every day, raping and killing.
Yet here you are sitting on your ass in front of a computer complaining that your country is a third world hellhole.
I have lived on the street for a year with little more than the clothes on my back and no money,walking miles to get a bologna sandwich, digging in a dumpster for cans,searching for a quiet backstreet office to take a gardenhose shower and sleeping in dirt.So don't lecture too me about poverty. I have lived it
And the only reason i sit in front of a computer is because i break my back everyday doing hard physical labor in the hot summer sun. I "Earned" the right to be here.Try framing in an Arizona summer at 110 degrees plus.
As for the poverty stricken , too GD bad heres an idea " If you cannot feed them Don't breed them"
With 15%+ of the nation as immigrants from third world hellholes and another 10% who live on a Goverment subsidy i submit 25%+ of the nation has become a third world hellhole, Ever been to downtown Phoenix or El Paso?, not much difference than what i have seen south of the border in Mexico.
I'll be honest I have never been to a third world country nor have I ever lived on the streets so I won't lecture you any further on either, however you have never been to a third world country. The ONLY thing you can compare the poverty-stricken parts of the US is too other parts of the US. Until your country actually becomes listed as third world than I will believe you. Your opinion is based solely on your experiences doing it tough and it really shows.
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I don't want to get into all the other stuff but I'll toss in something from my own life in regards to firearms.
When I was growing up (on a farm in the middle of nowhere) my parents had guns in the house. Not locked up, just sitting in a closet. I can't remember when I first fired a gun but I must have been very young. Later we kept the guns in gun cabinets as my brothers and sisters and I all got our own guns.
I don't remember for sure when I first started hunting but I know that I was going hunting alone by the age of 10. Dad bought me my first gun of my own at the age of 12 ( a .22 rifle). Later on I bought a 12 gauge shotgun and high power rifle.
My parents thought nothing of it if I, at the age of 10, got out a shotgun or rifle, loaded it, and went outside alone with it. Heck, I remember my brother and I setting up little plastic toy army men and shooting at them with .22 rifles just for casual entertainment when we were kids.
Of course this isn't exactly a typical childhood for kids in America. But that's the way it was for me.
Asking what it's like to live in the U.S. is I think akin to asking if you like the flavor of food?
It depends almost completely on where you live, and also what your social status happens to be, as that effects what you are exposed to as well.