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If you mention Berlin and Paris, then also Amsterdam and Warsaw deserve mentions.
by SSLy 5y ago
If you mention Berlin and Paris, then also Amsterdam and Warsaw deserve mentions.
- Pet_Ant 5y agoWarsaw? We’re becoming the Texas of Europe, more than a little unpalatable.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> We’re becoming the Texas of Europe This is a bad comparison. Texas is a rich, stable state with access to the U.S. federal court system and unambiguously subservient to the U.S. Poland is unchecked, unbalanced, and much, much poorer. Its lawless regime is legitimately popular, evoking comparisons to pre-collapse Russia and Venezuela. In an alternate timeline, Warsaw could have rivalled Berlin or Amsterdam. Not in ours.
- aardvarkr 5y agoThanks for speaking truth.
- kardianos 5y agoHave you been to Texas? We like it here.
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- ramraj07 5y agoAre you a white male? Because that's who likes it there.
- rufus_foreman 5y agoHouston, Texas is often described as the most diverse city in the US, for example https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-houston-diversity-2017-htmlstory.html https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-houston-diversity-2017-....
- renewiltord 5y agoHaha, yeah, and Fremont is the “Happiest City to Live In”. People aren’t moving all across the world to be happy in Fremont weirdly.
- adventured 5y agoYou're being sarcastic of course. However Houston is ~46% Hispanic. If you were Hispanic and wanted to live in a heavily Hispanic city in the US, that is also relatively nice, relatively safe, and economically thriving, Houston is a tremendous choice. So why not?
- ramraj07 5y agoAnd people in Houston said they like it in Texas? The point is that the urban population pretty much hates it there given the new laws.
- rufus_foreman 5y ago>> And people in Houston said they like it in Texas? They voted with their feet.
- Johnny555 5y agoWhen it comes to state or federal politics, voting with your feet is not really feasible, since many people are not able to move based on political whim. Jobs, family, housing, all tend to create a lot of friction to moving. I didn't like any of the previous presidential administration's policies, yet moving out of the country was not a feasible option.
- ramraj07 5y agoHeard of this big word called gerrymandering? Its when politicians do hijinks to ensure that voting with ones feet becomes more and more ineffective for people that don't support said politicians.
- sanp 5y agoI think the commenter's comparison may be more to East Texas than Dallas, Austin, or Houston
- c2h5oh 5y agoMore like Alabama from stereotypes
- BuyMyBitcoins 5y ago>” We’re becoming the Texas of Europe” In what way? A ton of businesses are moving to Texas for more favorable tax treatment, fewer regulations, and lower cost of living. Is that a happening with Poland, too?
- selfhoster11 5y agoAt a guess, parent is referring to the Polish government pushing the country in a conservative direction.
- Pet_Ant 5y agohttps://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/10/salesforce-offers-to-relocate-employees-from-texas-after-abortion-bill.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/10/salesforce-offers-to-relocat...
- ashtonkem 5y agoYou’re right, Poland is probably in worse position than Texas here. Texas at least has the promise of a federal system to reign in its more unpopular legislative instincts, Poland not so much.
- kybernetyk 5y agoWell, the EU is a bunch of unelected bureaucrats. Of course national law made by a democratically elected government should trump some unelected and possibly very corrupt bureaucrats far away.
- p2t2p 5y agoI’ll take unelected EU bureaucrat over elected Trump-like something any day.
- brigandish 5y agoDemocracy is very inconvenient, especially for those who struggle to persuade others how to live.
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- TexanFeller 5y ago“You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.” — Davy Crockett…and also me
- pnut 5y agoI've never understood that quote... Is he rising in defense of Texas, or is he saying Texas is his personal hell?
- lovemenot 5y agoLike "oh wait", it seems to derive humour from its implicit logical rebuttal: "But, Mr. Crockett Texas is hell." In a similar vein, this also from the 19th Century: A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. "But, Mr. Kipling a good woman is a ... oh wait."
- sulam 5y agoI think Hungary beat you there. You can aim for Florida still, though.
- fieldcny 5y agoIt’s truly a race!
- CuriousCosmic 5y agoI don't know if Florida is apt. The state has one of the strongest economies in the US. In terms of GDP, the ranking goes California, Texas, New York, Florida, and then Illinois. As much as Florida gets dunked on in the US, it's still an economic powerhouse of the region. Orlando is a major financial centre, there's a number of major ports, there's a strong agricultural base, and the state has a considerable amount of high tolerance manufacturing industry (primarily electronics, biomed, naval, and aerospace). The state gets ragged on a lot (justifiably so for some of our political leadership) but it's still one of the strongest states in the US by a pretty healthy margin. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_GDP#50_states_and_District_of_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories... Edit: forgot to mention that the state is surprisingly progressive once you get through all the election suppression. There's quite a bit of gerrymandering (not quite as bad as Texas), the state makes every effort to strip poor or predisposed people of their voting rights, and we have a lot of other issues but the state by and large despite that has been considered a split/swing state. And despite the voter suppression, the state continues to grow a strong/dedicated voting populace particularly with focuses on environmental protection. Edit 2: Sorry if this seems a bit defensive.
- Shacklz 5y ago> As much as Florida gets dunked on in the US, it's still an economic powerhouse of the region. Just looked at the linked list and when sorting by GDP per capita, Florida is rank 38. Not exactly what I'd call an economic powerhouse, just a state with lots of people?
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- DevKoala 5y agoHave you been to Texas? From all my trips there it is a lot like California. Also California is very different once you get out of the big cities, which cover only a small surface of the state.
- ranit 5y agoGP likely meant anti abortion laws.
- 1270018080 5y agoI think it's more of a comment on regressive legislation and ultra nationalism.
- refurb 5y agoWhat you call regressive others call progressive.
- 1270018080 5y agoGoing backwards is what regressive means
- refurb 5y agoIgnoring the fact the terms are used differently in the political realm,if I follow your logic, if we make marijuana legal again that’s “regressive”?
- jxcole 5y agoWhy? This comment is not about Berlin or Paris, it is mentioning then as examples of non English speaking cities. Is the author supposed to mention every city in Europe?
- pbourke 5y agoThe Netherlands has the highest English proficiency in the world [0] (among non-native speaking countries) so I imagine it would be a compelling choice. [0] https://www.ef.com/wwen/epi/ https://www.ef.com/wwen/epi/
- eru 5y agoYes, though still not quite as compelling, because you still have to speak Dutch eg at the playground.
- zeorin 5y agoYou really don't, unless you are a young child. At 10 I was already conversant in English.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoIt's worth mentioning that I'm Ireland most schools teach in Irish, not English.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoThat is 100% not true, the vast majority of schools in Ireland teach through English.
- derekmcloughlin 5y agoThat’s not true. The vast majority of schools (90%+) teach in English.
- papower 5y agoAnother Irish resident confirming that this statement is not true. Most schools teach in English and teach Irish as a second language. Irish is rarely used in normal day to day interactions and never at work unless you work in an Irish language related area or government department that supports Irish as an official language. There are some niche exceptions: - "All Irish" schools where you optionally learn through Irish - "Gaeltachts" which are pockets of Ireland where Irish is promoted and spoken. Even here the locals will happily switch to English if you prefer. I like Irish and wish it was more widely spoken as an everyday language but in reality you have to make an explicit effort to experience it.