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I have lived in San Francisco for more than 4 years, i have also lived in brazil, panama, the uk, ireland, Italy and Spain. Life is not good in America, salarie

I have lived in San Francisco for more than 4 years, i have also lived in brazil, panama, the uk, ireland, Italy and Spain. Life is not good in America, salaries are good (depending on the job) and there's a lot going on in big cities and a lot of free space to roam in the rest of the country but the culture is isolating, depressing, superficial and totally fake in their kindness. Lots of social class separation, people without a lot of money don't have a good life, no good healthcare, school, opportunities and outlook. The US needs less "we are the best" and more "what can we improve"

lopis 4y ago
Do you know what we call countries where you need to be really rich to live in peace, safety and health? Developing countries...
- bl4ckm0r3 4y ago
  totally, but that's the result of the american dream and national policies. The country enables people to become extremely successful in a very short time (This doesn't easily happen somewhere else) and to do this, sacrifices completely people that don't follow that dream. If you don't want to strive to become the next billionaire you are "useless" to the government so the government doesn't care about investing in you. This is a completely wrong approach and, in my opinion, the root cause behind most of national issues (not being "able" to deal with mental health, drugs addiction, depression etcetc). In the end you have a country with a lot of foreigners that don't feel integrated (you have no idea how many uber drivers i have met that come from a country at war or extremely poor and told me they want to go back but only stay in the us for the money), a lot of nationals that feel abandoned or left alone by the government and hugely divided on a national level, a false sense of community that isolates more than integrating, a culture of never having a discussion around a conflictual topics, zero introspection and self critique. The worst part though is the glorification of "self-made-people" that achieved to become extremely rich, and the vilification of those who don't. The crazy thing is that some of the most brilliant and bright people live in the US and i really don't know how you end up in this situation.
ripper1138 4y ago
San Francisco is not at all representative of the US in general.
- bl4ckm0r3 4y ago
  absolutely and I am well aware of this, but it's also one of the richest cities in one of the richest states and it's crazy to see how bad it is to live there.
  - ripper1138 4y ago
    Lots of people love living in SF. Everyone is different.
    - bl4ckm0r3 4y ago
      Yeah like in every other place in the world, only in those places it's a lot safer and cleaner and cheaper to live :)
- laurencerowe 4y ago
  It's true that San Francisco is not representative of the US as a whole - it has only half the murder rate of the US as a whole. That's still 5x that in other developed countries though.
  - ripper1138 4y ago
    One would have to be insane to factor in the murder rate when deciding whether or not to live in the US.
    - Handytinge 4y ago
      Crime and general safety aren't valid factors for deciding where to live? Interesting, why not?
    - bl4ckm0r3 4y ago

lopis 4y ago

Do you know what we call countries where you need to be really rich to live in peace, safety and health? Developing countries...

bl4ckm0r3 4y ago
totally, but that's the result of the american dream and national policies. The country enables people to become extremely successful in a very short time (This doesn't easily happen somewhere else) and to do this, sacrifices completely people that don't follow that dream. If you don't want to strive to become the next billionaire you are "useless" to the government so the government doesn't care about investing in you. This is a completely wrong approach and, in my opinion, the root cause behind most of national issues (not being "able" to deal with mental health, drugs addiction, depression etcetc). In the end you have a country with a lot of foreigners that don't feel integrated (you have no idea how many uber drivers i have met that come from a country at war or extremely poor and told me they want to go back but only stay in the us for the money), a lot of nationals that feel abandoned or left alone by the government and hugely divided on a national level, a false sense of community that isolates more than integrating, a culture of never having a discussion around a conflictual topics, zero introspection and self critique. The worst part though is the glorification of "self-made-people" that achieved to become extremely rich, and the vilification of those who don't. The crazy thing is that some of the most brilliant and bright people live in the US and i really don't know how you end up in this situation.

ripper1138 4y ago

San Francisco is not at all representative of the US in general.

bl4ckm0r3 4y ago
absolutely and I am well aware of this, but it's also one of the richest cities in one of the richest states and it's crazy to see how bad it is to live there.
- ripper1138 4y ago
  Lots of people love living in SF. Everyone is different.
  - bl4ckm0r3 4y ago
    Yeah like in every other place in the world, only in those places it's a lot safer and cleaner and cheaper to live :)
laurencerowe 4y ago
It's true that San Francisco is not representative of the US as a whole - it has only half the murder rate of the US as a whole. That's still 5x that in other developed countries though.
- ripper1138 4y ago
  One would have to be insane to factor in the murder rate when deciding whether or not to live in the US.
  - Handytinge 4y ago
    Crime and general safety aren't valid factors for deciding where to live? Interesting, why not?
  - bl4ckm0r3 4y ago