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In South America you don't get pickpocket'ed, you get mugged. With a gun, or knife. Still, the USA does feel eerily similar to my native country (Brazil), I've
by piva00 4y ago
In South America you don't get pickpocket'ed, you get mugged. With a gun, or knife.
Still, the USA does feel eerily similar to my native country (Brazil), I've lived in Brazil, the USA and Sweden, it's pretty clear how Brazil got modeled after the American way of life. You do have to work, a lot, otherwise you'll be replaced (just like in the USA); your status do matter, bigger house, bigger car, etc. (just like in the USA); you do need to earn a decent/higher wage if you want to live a comfortable and safe life (just like in the USA).
So yes, life in the USA is much closer to South America than to Europe.
- pelasaco 4y agoYou are generalizing, and in some cases, comparing apples with oranges. Is NY safer than Florianopolis or is LA nicer than Piriápolis, Uruguay? I doubt. But that's not the point, but the point of wall up, gear up, move up from the city, private schools for safety, and etc.
- piva00 4y agoIs NYC safer than Florianópolis? Yup, considering there were 400-ish murders in NYC in 2022 with some 8 million people in the city proper, there were 44 in Florianópolis in 2021 with a population of 400k, double the rate of NYC per capita.
- ipaddr 4y agoThe US is not one place. From the snowy Alaska fishing towns to Hawaiian huts to Maine forest lodges to Florida condos to Desert Ranches to NYC apartments you will find Europe if you are looking. In California/NY they will tax you like a European but in Florida they won't tax your income at all