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I'm an American who recently moved to Brussels. The quality of life here is so much better. Nice, dense neighborhoods, good public transit, very little signs of poverty, well paid workers, polite manners, sensible laws about guns, much lower rate of violent crime - the list goes on. If only America wasn't infested with ignorant republican yahoos, it too could enjoy the full benefits of being a western democracy. It's such a shame the non Yankee element keeps America from reaching it's potential.
Bolded is perhaps a traveler's point of view. As a traveler and an artist, I have to say that Europeans definitely have the most beautiful city views, richer history, and OH, my God, best museums!!!!
But the lifestyles are different, the cultures are different. So you can't really directly compare US life and European life.
Cafe and pubs are great in Europe, but I would still think America is such a much better country to live, especially when you know how to save, and invest. Just my .02.
I'm an American who recently moved to Brussels. The quality of life here is so much better. Nice, dense neighborhoods, good public transit, very little signs of poverty, well paid workers, polite manners, sensible laws about guns, much lower rate of violent crime - the list goes on. If only America wasn't infested with ignorant republican yahoos, it too could enjoy the full benefits of being a western democracy. It's such a shame the non Yankee element keeps America from reaching it's potential.
Feel free to walk into the US Embassy of your choice and renounce your citizenship if you like the Eurotrash that much.
And most of the problems erupt from minorities who vote liberal. Think of those yahoos for a moment.
Odanny, you and I are pretty much on the same political wavelength. It's sad to be here and see what America could be if it just made a few sensible changes. It really is much nicer when some thought is put into having a higher quality of life for everyone, not just the richest citizens. Somehow, Belgium manages to provide a high quality of life for all of its citizens while still having an innovative, capitalist society.
"....just made a few sensible changes....."
Like what? Belgium has 11 million people. Interestingly enough its tax laws are favorable to corporations. That's why Apple routes all iTunes revenue through Brussels. They aren't the only company that does that. So Apple pays a bit of corporate tax which benefits that small population.
We have more than 11 million illegal immigrants. We have a gigantic border with a poor, corrupt country. What do you think would happen if Belgium bordered Mexico?
So you want national mass transit in the US? Is that easy to do? 97% of Belgium's population is urban. compare to the US. The population density of Belgium is 11 times higher than the US.
Does Belgium have 50 states, each with its own government, BY DESIGN?
There are millions of people in America that don't want to live in dense cities - like me. I don't accept, just because you think it is right, that we should depend as much on the government as many Europeans do. I like traveling the Europe. In the past year I have been to Switzerland, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic. Something to like in all of them. I could happily live in some of the places I have been. But that doesn't mean what those countries do could easily be applied to the US.
Odanny, you and I are pretty much on the same political wavelength. It's sad to be here and see what America could be if it just made a few sensible changes. It really is much nicer when some thought is put into having a higher quality of life for everyone, not just the richest citizens. Somehow, Belgium manages to provide a high quality of life for all of its citizens while still having an innovative, capitalist society.
Sensible?
It seems most of the US voted to restore sensible.
I spent some time in a Boston suburb, and I agree -- it's pretty similar. Why oh why though can't Dallas, Birmingham, etc. live a higher quality of life? Why must the yahoos insist on a worse quality of life?
Ask the liberal idiots who like to wreck their neighborhoods when things don't go their way.
Most of the US didn't vote. In 2016, a higher percentage of the US population will vote and democrats will win and Democrats will win.
Vote for who?
Hillary?
She is damaged goods.
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