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View Poll Results: Where is better to live United States or Australia?
United States 110 53.66%
Australia 58 28.29%
Stay in UK 15 7.32%
Other 22 10.73%
Voters: 205. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-08-2009, 12:42 AM
 
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things look pretty rusty in america. i have been here for four years in US and i like it. but i have my cousins in perth and sydney. talking to them it seems they are doing better there, especially because of this recession. but in the long run, i think US is better especially if you have a degree, even business wise, you can start anything you can think of and make the same amount of money like the surgeons or therapists or professors at universities make. i dont know much about australia but they have higher taxes than US.
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Old 10-08-2009, 01:45 AM
 
Location: Brisbane
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Thousands of Aussies moving to the UK in droves, 95,000 of us call the UK home:

Australians are moving to the United Kingdom at record rates | Travel News | News.com.au
On the other side of the coin 1.2 million brits call australia home.

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Old 12-17-2009, 05:13 AM
 
Location: Queensland
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I am amazed at the assumptions about Australia in this thread. I don't know where to begin?

Australia has violent crime- maybe not guns but violent nonetheless.

Higher taxes? Not so sure- no state, school, property taxes like many US states.

Universal health care? yes, but it still costs 1.5% of your taxable income, and if you don't have private health insurance you can be on a hospital waiting list for years.

Yes the US has two coasts to choose from, but Australia is surrounded by coast.

Plenty of social division here as well, and do you think people will call the newly arrived Sri Lankan refugees 'Australian'?

Australia actually has quite a different culture than the US despite superficial similarities.

Australia is not a monarchy. It happens to have the same figurehead head of state as the UK and Canada, but it is a 'democracy' (as much as voting every three years counts as 'democracy')

Australia is a fine country but it is no utopia.

PS US has bad health care? Mayo Clinic is one of the, if not the top medical facility in the world. I might agree if you said it had poor 'Primary' health care- ie prevention, good nutrition for all children etc... but providing those would be SOCIALISM.

And another thing! Australia has a great malady called the 'Tall Poppy Syndrome'. We want people to succeed, but only a little bit, and not any more than ourselves. Otherwise they should be cut down.

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Old 12-17-2009, 05:31 AM
 
Location: Queensland
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On the other side of the coin 1.2 million brits call australia home.
And they will always be called 'Poms', not Aussies!
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Old 12-27-2009, 08:50 AM
 
Location: Mount of Showing the Way
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It is the place where Europe is the best.
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Old 12-27-2009, 09:43 AM
 
Location: Earth at the moment
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There is one problem with Australians... They drink too much beer.
No but seriously, live in the US. You'll probably find it at home as soon as you get to know people there.
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Old 12-28-2009, 10:43 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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I picked Australia, but yes it is so far away from the US and I have family here. So I will always be in the USA. Still I find its a more civil society, that places more emphasis on keeping Australia that way. Australia just seems to have a much better quality of life than the US. I think the US which I am native, at some point will break apart. If it continues in its current form as a United but very divided country, it will have no choice but separate into separate countries. I can't see it continuing on its currrent path without destroying itself. The US has not put much effort into its citizens, and finds itself in one conflict/War, whatever they are called one after the other. Maybe it should go back to being the 13 original colonies. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if our forefathers, haven't already rolled over in their graves at what America has allowed itself to become.
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Old 12-29-2009, 12:41 AM
 
Location: Greeley, Colorado
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I picked Australia, but yes it is so far away from the US and I have family here. So I will always be in the USA. Still I find its a more civil society, that places more emphasis on keeping Australia that way. Australia just seems to have a much better quality of life than the US. I think the US which I am native, at some point will break apart. If it continues in its current form as a United but very divided country, it will have no choice but separate into separate countries. I can't see it continuing on its currrent path without destroying itself. The US has not put much effort into its citizens, and finds itself in one conflict/War, whatever they are called one after the other. Maybe it should go back to being the 13 original colonies. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if our forefathers, haven't already rolled over in their graves at what America has allowed itself to become.
Lulz I actually had a conversation much like that there. The consensus I understood was that the US would/could never successfully break apart. Although I do see where you are getting at, and I would actually not mind seeing just where the individual states took themselves if this happened. Texas was already considering ceding again, and i'm sure many others are not far behind.
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Old 12-29-2009, 12:45 PM
 
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Just browsed the NationalGeographic detailed map of Australia and guess what I've found ? about 1/3 of the country (mainly the central and northern parts) are aboriginal reservations. I mean, did the Aussies gave nearly 1/3rd of their land to these primitive tribes, didjeridoo players and terracotta artists? seems gross to me!
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Old 12-29-2009, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in the universe
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Lulz I actually had a conversation much like that there. The consensus I understood was that the US would/could never successfully break apart. Although I do see where you are getting at, and I would actually not mind seeing just where the individual states took themselves if this happened. Texas was already considering ceding again, and i'm sure many others are not far behind.
Not happening.
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