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I once aspired to American citizenship, and was dazzled by its wealth, opportunity, can-do attitude and freedom. Now I can't imagine wanting to go there - every
by lambdaone 6mo ago
I once aspired to American citizenship, and was dazzled by its wealth, opportunity, can-do attitude and freedom. Now I can't imagine wanting to go there - everything I see or hear, from both American and other sources, right or left, suggests a deeply unhappy country at war with itself.
- bombcar 6mo agoI agree that you should stay where you are (in general) - but America is not what you hear about on the news or online - unless you make it so. I don't recommend moving here, but taking the time to travel for a good month across America on train or by RV could be interesting.
- WalterBright 6mo ago[flagged]
- czscout 6mo agoIf you just don't partake in the omniscient, pervasive, manufactured negativity in the news cycle and online, America is objectively fucking awesome. I love living here.
- hoipaloi 6mo agoWhere else have you lived?
- krapp 6mo ago"If you ignore reality, reality is awesome!"
- traderj0e 6mo agoThe internet isn't reality
- traderj0e 6mo agoThis is like when I was in college and you'd think from the Facebook groups that everyone is depressed and failing classes. Then got a cushy tech job where the internal forums made it seem like it's slave labor.
- fidotron 6mo agoAnyone with the opportunity to visit the US that hasn't done so absolutely should. Admittedly now maybe not the greatest time in history for that, but the place is almost nothing like how the media like to portray it, especially once you leave almost any major city.
- AuthAuth 6mo agoYes the land is beautiful but the media portrays it pretty accurately. I visted LA before covid ~2018 and it was dystopian. It was dirty, the infrastructure was very poor and the wealth divide was unlike anything id seen before. I had a great time still because I had money to spend.
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