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I don't know the statistics, but I've never encountered bone splinters in any meat I've ever eaten in the US. As for the universities, it's not like I made thi

I don't know the statistics, but I've never encountered bone splinters in any meat I've ever eaten in the US. As for the universities, it's not like I made this up. I'm well aware of the broad differences in quality of education (and futhermore, healthcare) here, but my comment wasn't about me and this is not an invention of mine, it is a widely held belief: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAGerman/comments/ay5nrs/which_universities_do_germans_consider/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAGerman/comments/ay5nrs/which_un... I also didn't say "there are no choices", so I don't know who you're quoting here. What I was trying to explain is the European worldview being applied to the US, where there is much vaster inequality between universities, products, income, etc. I didn't attempt to make a value judgement about it, I was trying to show a common pitfall of Europeans arriving in the US: it's important that you know where you're shopping, it's important that you know where you're going to school, and it's important that you know what neighborhood you're in. In Germany, you don't need to know what neighborhood you're in: they are all roughly the same in terms of crime.

morelisp 4y ago
A reddit thread with 15 comments, several of which disagree with your claim, is not a "widely held belief"! > you don't need to know what neighborhood you're in: they are all roughly the same in terms of crime. This is unreal. Is this some Bavarian bullshit? Nobody in the north believes it.
fileeditview 4y ago
> In Germany, you don't need to know what neighborhood you're in: they are all roughly the same in terms of crime I was never to the US and maybe it is worse there. Don't want to compare but your statement is just plain wrong and the people always telling this as a mantra just never have lived in a bad neighborhood and/or do not have kids.

morelisp 4y ago

A reddit thread with 15 comments, several of which disagree with your claim, is not a "widely held belief"! > you don't need to know what neighborhood you're in: they are all roughly the same in terms of crime. This is unreal. Is this some Bavarian bullshit? Nobody in the north believes it.

fileeditview 4y ago

> In Germany, you don't need to know what neighborhood you're in: they are all roughly the same in terms of crime I was never to the US and maybe it is worse there. Don't want to compare but your statement is just plain wrong and the people always telling this as a mantra just never have lived in a bad neighborhood and/or do not have kids.