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This is true. I have been around more guns in the last few years than my whole life prior. It still has a 'wild west' mentality out here in some ways, but it's certainly a place that takes 'freedom' seriously (whatever that means). I have been out to the desert and fired guns which is a lot of fun. Saying that, none of my gun owning friends would bring one to a party!
I now live in a very small town in the Appalachian mountains. My neighbors are armed to the teeth, but crime is super low. You could go to bed with your doors unlocked.
The area is a mix of retired newcomers and local people who some might call "rednecks" - their ancestors settled the mountains. These people go deer hunting (deer are plentiful) and they do eat the deer. It's not just for sport.
A former neighbor told me that one day she was driving home and came across a line of cars all stopped in the road. Someone had hit a deer with their car and the accident severed it's hoof. So the deer was in pain and couldn't walk, and there was no way to fix it. Eventually a local drove up, took a gun from their truck, and did a mercy killing on the spot. Everyone was relieved the deer was put out of it's misery.
I go to a local woman who owns a salon and she carries a gun in her car. She told me that if she hit a deer, she would literally get out of her car and butcher the meat and put it in her freezer. These people grew up thinking about survival in a way that city folk can't imagine.
Oh, and she has appeared on the BBC before! They filmed with her when they did a story on Hellbenders, which is a large salamander that lives in streams here.
My friend in Sheffield always seems to be going out to parties. There's just so many that she goes to compared to me. It's not that i'm uninvited, it's that there's hardly any parties around me. I've seen some of her friends instagrams before and its just full of them partying like its insane. Has anyone lived in England and the U.S. that could share their cultural encounters? If parties are more common in England, why?
parties are more common in the USA. The British tend to socialise in pubs. Our house are not really big enough for proper parties.
I now live in a very small town in the Appalachian mountains. My neighbors are armed to the teeth, but crime is super low. You could go to bed with your doors unlocked.
until emotions are high then the triggers are pulled.
The area is a mix of retired newcomers and local people who some might call "rednecks" - their ancestors settled the mountains. These people go deer hunting (deer are plentiful) and they do eat the deer. It's not just for sport.
A former neighbor told me that one day she was driving home and came across a line of cars all stopped in the road. Someone had hit a deer with their car and the accident severed it's hoof. So the deer was in pain and couldn't walk, and there was no way to fix it. Eventually a local drove up, took a gun from their truck, and did a mercy killing on the spot. Everyone was relieved the deer was put out of it's misery.
I go to a local woman who owns a salon and she carries a gun in her car. She told me that if she hit a deer, she would literally get out of her car and butcher the meat and put it in her freezer. These people grew up thinking about survival in a way that city folk can't imagine.
See I don't see the problem with that! Mind you I basically live near the countryside, and my Grandad was a farmer, so when it comes to people owning shot-guns and being able to kill and eat dear, I'm fine with that! Here's a clip that made me laugh about "hard" city street wise people:
parties are more common in the USA. The British tend to socialise in pubs. Our house are not really big enough for proper parties.
I know people who live in one of those small jointly homes in Portsmouth and managed to have a party in one of those... most people at my age, 19, would rather have a house party - where you can smoke stuff more easily and drink is a hell of a lot more cheaper! Mate houses aren't that small in this country anyway! Although yea, clubbing or pub is good to - just expensive and more restrictive...
Judging by some on the CD forum, apparently they do. Not anywhere that I've ever been--they would soon be arrested!
I have never even seen a gun up close in my entire life. I've seen a few from a distance in parades and that's it. Remember, the US is VERY diverse and what goes in one state does not go in another state. What you see in movies is make believe, usually made up in California, which in no way represents the rest of the country.
I read somewhere that in parts of this country people actually go out and shoot guns off on New Years Eve! Now those are places I would not want to live. That is what I call stupid.
Laws on drinking, driving, guns, vary greatly from state to state. Our national government does not make these laws, the individual states do. If you are talking about guns you are probably talking about the American south--a place I avoid like the plague. As a country we are struggling against a powerful gun lobby called the NRA aka National Rifle Association, who wants everybody to carry guns. They have money and money talks.
Partying? Yes, I got the impression that more of it goes on in the UK than there. Here there are drunken student parties in university towns, there are company parties sponsored by one's employer at Christmas, and there are various other parties but I get the impression from my English relatives that they party for any reason to party. It's different, not better, not worse. Forget the gun thing though unless you are talking about the south or some rural areas in the north where people actually use guns for hunting. There's A LOT more to this country than the south.
Don't put too much stock in this guy's silly stereotypes about the south. I live in Texas of all places and nobody here walks around carrying the guns in their holsters. Are there a lot of gun owners in Texas and the south? Yes. But it's nowhere near some would have you believe. And even people that do own guns are responsible about it and you wouldn't know they even had guns.
Unfortunately, even in the Information Age we live in, there are still some people who only get their information about the south from old movies and stereotypes.
There's probably almost 100 million people in the states people generally consider the south. Despite what SOME northerners would have you think, we're as diverse a bunch here as you'll find anywhere.
Don't put too much stock in this guy's silly stereotypes about the south. I live in Texas of all places and nobody here walks around carrying the guns in their holsters. Are there a lot of gun owners in Texas and the south? Yes. But it's nowhere near some would have you believe. And even people that do own guns are responsible about it and you wouldn't know they even had guns.
Unfortunately, even in the Information Age we live in, there are still some people who only get their information about the south from old movies and stereotypes.
There's probably almost 100 million people in the states people generally consider the south. Despite what SOME northerners would have you think, we're as diverse a bunch here as you'll find anywhere.
house parties are more common in the usa where as going to the pub is more common in the uk and ireland
Pubs are to expensive! House Parties are cheep and less restricted! I disagree with that idea that people go to pub for fun... My age (19) would rather a house party any day, why pay out 100 quid at a club, where you can't smoke dope and do the business - when you can do all those things at a house party while only spending 10 quid (10% of what you would be paying for clubbing!)? House Parties are more popular than pubs and clubs!
Are frat parties only in the US? I don't know if Canada has a lot of frats in colleges...
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more easily and drink is a hell of a lot more cheaper! Mate houses aren't that small in this country anyway! Although yea, clubbing or pub is good to - just expensive and more restrictive... 
Not anywhere that I've ever been--they would soon be arrested!
