America Vs. The Rest Of The World Versus

[inverse_bloom 0]

I live in Australia, i think id rather vacation or move to somewhere in Europe perhaps. The thing is Australian's think a certain way and aren't very open to new ideas (i believe). Its customary for us to have a bit of go at each other for little reason whatsoever, hes a this..... or shes a that.... it becomes very negative and we expect each other to take it all without a grudge (like a bunch of buffoons i often think). Saying this there's a lot of good things, but i don't believe we are the self proclaimed lucky country that we like to promote. Just wondering, how much does this occur in other countries, England perhaps? Maybe it is a reflection of the times... or perhaps im a crazy person, i dunno.

Edited May 23, 2009 by inverse_bloom (see edit history)

[webishqiptar 0]

I live in Albania. Living here is improved dramatically recently and I do not intend to go elsewhere, but I have heard for people saying that Germany is fantastic place to live and work. While living in the U.S.A is as hard as living in Africa as I heard from people currently living there. And something else about living in Europe, Italy is a disaster. You must not visit this year.

[arjupun 0]

If you live in America, would you rather vacation here, or in another part of the world?
If you live in another part of the world, would you rather vacation there or in America?

And which place is the best place to live: the USA or your country?

I live in America and I think USA is the best place to live because it is very developed country and it serves many latest facilities to the citizen of its.

I think every people of this world want to join America to live except Americans.
I thinks so but I really don't know about this.

[jayzeed 0]

If you live in America, would you rather vacation here, or in another part of the world?
If you live in another part of the world, would you rather vacation there or in America?

And which place is the best place to live: the USA or your country?

To question 1, i would rather vacation here a few times and in other parts of the world as well.
Hawaii, Alaska(northern lights), Califorinia, Vegas, etc, are al the USA, and great places to vacation

Venice, Brazil, Romania, Sicily, etc, are also interesting

Q3, i beleive USA is better, mixed economy, Not communism, things like that

thanks for reading

[brilapwnzall 0]

I live in America and the only country I've ever been to was Denmark...and it wasn't all that fun. But I rather live in America. It may have its faults, but I've been living here for 15 years; I'm used to it all. =]

[rpgsearcherz 5]

I live in the US but I would love to go to Australia... I'm not quite sure which I would like to see more : Kangaroos or koala bears.Not to mention I love how the Aussies speak!

[dangerdan 0]

Something I've noticed about the USA (I'm from the UK) is television and in particular advertisments. In the UK, adverts try to be quirky or funny to get their brand image across. However, in the USA, advertisers use the most "in your face" uber-capitalist adverts aimed at throwing a price, a product and some flashing images so far down your throat you want to gag.

[rpgsearcherz 5]

Something I've noticed about the USA (I'm from the UK) is television and in particular advertisments. In the UK, adverts try to be quirky or funny to get their brand image across. However, in the USA, advertisers use the most "in your face" uber-capitalist adverts aimed at throwing a price, a product and some flashing images so far down your throat you want to gag.

That's because in the US people want everything to be fast. Rather than taking the time to read things, we want to just be flat out told.

Afterall, time is money, .

[Alex Cicala 0]

I live in Australia and dont plan on living, I'm really not the vacation type. I would say it would only be good to go to the USA only to do some sightseeing and not to stay there too long. Personally I wouldn't live there because it's a very big change from the society I live in now.

[Diffusr 0]

Most American people I have met are good people. Most people from anywhere else are also just as good that I have met. Of course every culture has its own peculiarities. For example Americans abroad are seen as loud and brash, the British pompous, the Japanese photographically trigger happy etc etc. The problem arises when people strt to buy into media created stereotypes like the ones I hae just mentioned. You can find those character traits along with many others in practically every nation, race and people on earth. There is no country that can say none of its population are loud and obnoxious. No country can say that none of its population take hundreds of photographs everywhere they go. No country can claim that none of its population are pompous and arrogant.These traits are found universally. Everywhere has friendliness, unfriendliness, is welcoming, is aggresive. Some places dont like outsiders, others actively call them in. You can get mugged in every nation on earth. There is a common theme in humanity - usually they are decent people. A very few are antisocial - in any nation - and the media focuses on those behaviours, blowing them out of all proportion and this causes mistrust between the people. So the situation we end up with is that most of the aforementioned decent folk go around in a state of mistrust and suspicion of all the other mostly good and decent folk.Unfortunately, this is the state that a lot of people would rather keep hold of. They feel "safer" by not trusting anybody than letting their "guard down" even though most of the time the other human will do the right thing, they have been conditioned by so many stories of betrayal and murder that they live in fear of their fellow human.Thisleads to titles such as this thread "America vs the rest of the world". This is the trap. In reality there is no america, it's all part of the same planet. Do you see whales worrying about migrating from the arctic to the antarctic? Do swallows look out for the borders when flying every year from South africa all the way to Northern Europe? No. Just people have made these invisible boundaries on a world that is really one place. Africa and America are not different planets, they are part of Earth. HELLO!!!

[iGuest 3]

I live in russia! it's a nice place. I would probably want to travel to europe just to see other places. I have been in other countries. I would like to go to a place where it is safe.There are both good and bad people everywhere.I think a lot of people don't like Americans though.-reply by dmity

[donneo 0]

War...I think America havent chances about this Russia and one county of east will defeat America I think.Russia is very dangerous when is on war i think...so its just an opinion.

[iGuest 3]

Norway seriously?America Vs. The Rest Of The World

Ok Norway has several nice looking locations, but nothing can be the "most" beautiful, for beauty is in the eye of the beholder, (not in a religious way).A large amount of people I know from the middle east think The British Isles are the most beautiful places on earth, I just think they are pleasant.But who wants to sty in norway for a whole year? Tonnes of snow but noone has set up any skiing areas cause all the mountains are up north in the perma night/day areas, theres a reason you and Sweden have such a high suicide rate.-reply by Spuddfluff

[HoDhOd93 0]

I live in Egypt but OF COURSE I'd love to live in AmericaAlthough here in Egypt we have some AMAZING places to vacation like Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada and so on but I've seen it all so I'd like to go to other beautiful places like Hawai or Australia

[iGuest 3]

I live in the US and I have worked with people visiting the US from both Europe and Asia, usually chemists and engineers.

 

The common trait between the two nationalities above is they are somewhat intimidated by ordinary America life; the lack of formality, the pace of everything, chance encounters with sometimes loud-mouthed US people, food portion sizes, large cars, and the realization that life in the US requires more individual effort to live and eventually retire successfully.

 

There are programs in the US to provide food, housing, clothing, and health care even to the most dead-assed citizen, but the one?s quality of life will not be that high.  (btw, I am mid forties and I have never heard of a single US citizen that has been denied necessary health care which seems to be a huge misinterpretation the rest of the world has of the US.  Health care in the US is pretty good, even if you are poor or lazy, or both.)

 

I work in Southern California and own a home in the foothills outside Denver, CO, flying commercially home on the weekends.  SoCal is a collection of polluted, crowded, semi-cultured, uber expensive 24-hr cities with many high-paying technical and entrepreneurial opportunities that many people cannot wait to move here for.  Colorado is beautiful and home, but not as many economic opportunities as SoCal.  One?s future prosperity in America is largely limited to one?s personal drive, preparation, and sometimes luck.  I could not imagine living in a socialist/communist country even though our current president is hell-bent to form one here.

 

Personal impressions of other places:

- England is very cast-conscious.  I have no respect for anyone judging me by my lineage or parent?s occupation.

 

- France is lazy cry-babies that deserve the lower quality of life they have earned with their 35 hr work weeks and labor strikes.  I see this as a shame because France had so much going for it a couple of centuries ago.

 

- The whole of the middle East hates and would like to kill me and my family because of Israel, and I do not know why that is.  We in large part saved the Jewish race as it exists today from Germany.  Why is that bad?

 

Finally, America has done a whole lot of good for the world.  I believe the world is better off BECAUSE of the USA than if this greatest country had never been founded.  It is sad that many nations hating the US don?t remember the not-so-distant past.