Is England generally peaceful compared to the USA

[PerseusVeil]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

But, if you're interested, here's a graph I found:

What ages are covered by that graph? I ask because there is no way that American drinking levels in college are that low. I didn't even go to a party school, and if people drank that little my college experience would definitely have been different.

High school I could see, but no way college.

Originally Posted by person222

well the US really IS messed up right now. I have lived here 42 years and have never seen it as violent and chaotic and un peaceful as it is now. The government is a mess and peoples' civil liberties are disappearing. Many many problems. It used to be a wonderful free country but right now it is a mess I don't think it is the civilians who are really the problem- it is more the people in power.

Pull the violent crime stats from any large city known or formerly known for crime from the early 90s and prepare to be shocked. The Los Angeles riots in the 90s also make what just happened in Baltimore look like a walk in the park.

The US currently has a lot of problems, but I definitely think you might be looking at previous decades with a little too much nostalgia in terms of violence and crime.

[nei]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Well, I can't question your experiences growing up, but the Brits are certainly not exceptional in Europe when it comes to the amount of alcohol they drink. The Danes and the Germans have acquired quite the reputation within Europe for causing mayhem in places like Prague and Malaga because of their drinking antics. The Finns are quite heavy drinkers too, but from what I've been told Finns get drunk in their own home rather than on the street, and of course, Eastern Europeans are renowned worldwide for being heavy consumers of vodka, and in Russia it is probably the largest factor for low life expectancy (especially men).

Why is Russia so low? For men, it's lower than most of NW Europe and tied with Italy. Either the numbers are off, or the heavy drinking is very intense among a small group of the population but not that much among the rest.

[nei]

Originally Posted by PerseusVeil

What ages are covered by that graph? I ask because there is no way that American drinking levels in college are that low. I didn't even go to a party school, and if people drank that little my college experience would definitely have been different.

High school I could see, but no way college.

It could be correct, x-axis just says "three times". Three times in a what? Week? Month? Day? There's no link to the source for explanation. Oh, found it. It's for 15-16 year olds. That's why the US numbers are so low:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4094183.stm

If looking at 19-20 year olds, the gap would be less.