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Not like the TSA they don't. I'm an American with a Hungarian wife and we travel a lot. For the last ten years or so, every year entering the United States has
by Vivtek 11y ago
Not like the TSA they don't. I'm an American with a Hungarian wife and we travel a lot. For the last ten years or so, every year entering the United States has been more and more like entering an armed camp. Really it's a whole lot like Eastern Europe used to be - the looks of suspicion, the whole "why did you even leave?" attitude.
That's not TSA so much - on the contrary, TSA workers are, nearly without exception, pretty upbeat, efficient people enforcing rules they know are kind of silly. But Homeland Security as a whole is just one mistake after another, old-school Stalinist wannabes trying to bring back the good old Cold War gravy train.
Entering Europe, on the other hand? Nobody cares. Hi, you're here, need a taxi? Just the way America used to be.
- cguess 11y agoI feel ya. I'm an American citizen based in Eastern Europe (grew up in Milwaukee, let's say I don't pose an enormous "presence" or have much of an accent). Last time I came into Washington DC the border guide asked me "how long are you staying?" I very desperately wanted to just say "as long as I want."
- Vivtek 11y agoEeyowtch.