MurrayM:k1wi: I'm in the US now
From what I see of America on our local NZ news I wouldn't want to live there. Seems every second day you have a mass shooting, the job market is really bad, everyone carries guns around, Mexicans are flooding across the border into the country, you have zero privacy with the NSA listening in on everything (but it's ok cause they're stopping the terrorists), you have to put up with mobile phones that are locked to one carrier, the people of America are the fattest in the world and there's a real obesity problem, the health system sucks unless you're rich and can pay for it, etc.
Is this really what it's like? Probably not, but it's what I see on the news.
MurrayM:
From what I see of America on our local NZ news I wouldn't want to live there. Seems every second day you have a mass shooting, the job market is really bad, everyone carries guns around
Job market is bad. A lot of people conceal carry, but it's a privillage. Open carry is allowed in some states. Media hype on these issues is a key factor. Remember there were two shootings this year in West Auckland alone and a few in Mt Roskill a year or so back. Several armed robberies (I've lost count) It's not like it's limited to the United States. The open carry states have the lowest crime rates as far as I know.
A good example of media hype would be the stabbing rampage that a student (can't remember exactly) went on with a knife. He shot one or two people of the eight or so he killed and the media was ALL OVER the fact that he shot someone and pushed gun control the whole way through when majority of the crime was committed with a knife.
MurrayM:Mexicans are flooding across the border into the country, you have zero privacy with the NSA listening in on everything (but it's ok cause they're stopping the terrorists), you have to put up with mobile phones that are locked to one carrier
The whole border issue is becoming a bigger problem. The US have made major mistakes with their boarder policies and existing policies allow illegals to take advantage of government resources in some cases.
Spying and laws in general are a huge problem for them. The government wants total control over it's people which means disarming them and spying on them unfortunately. Most of it under the guise of "National Security" or the "War on Terror".
Funny you mention America being the fattest. I actually believe Australia holds that record now, haha :)
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