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  1. SR21M's Avatar
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by silent ninja)
    Russia

    Racist to the core and Neo Nazis aplenty.
    No offence, but i really get off by people who think they know all about countries by watching some western documentaries and narratives. Russia has racist problems like all countries on earth does. USA has more neo nazi than all of europe combined (true stories), they allow public marches of nazis through towns where they openly provocation people. In Russia most of the time these marches are delt with very heavy handedly. Most of the time Neo Nazi gang meetings are stopped by OMON. They recently banned several neo nazi groups.

    Most Russians, and thats 99% of them are not Nazis, Almost every single family in Russia and from CIS countries have lost family members in WW2. There are several different gangs that appeared and grew like cancer after so called "liberalisation" of Soviet system especially the right wing nationalist ones.


    Russia has hundreds of different ethnic and religious groups and to class whole country of Russia as Racist is quite ignorant and shows lack of knowledge of the country in Question. USA has much worse neo nazi problem. Have you ever looked at Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Western Ukraine (one near EU)???? Those states activly glorify there collaboration with the Nazis, some goes as far as opening public memorial of "brave" SS men who died as cannon food.
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
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    Then your argument completely collapses. If you know how well off people in the UK live in general, and understand the privileged lifestyle we enjoy, then why would you rather live in poverty in Somalia, where there is no government, piracy and kidnappings are common. I don;t understand the point you're trying to make? Are you just trying to be controversial?
    I could become a pirate.
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    Greece.
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    As a female, Saudi Arabia definitely.
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    Either Somalia or Afghanistan.
    Backwards/corrupt politics.
    Knee-deep in poverty.
    And the weather's always too hot.

    Only reason why I haven't chosen somewhere like Saudi Arabia is due to the fact that it's absolutely loaded. So, though it may be awful to live there as a human being, at least your bathtub's made of 24 carat gold!
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    North Korea.
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    France


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    somalia,north Korea,Iran,Syria.........so many choices:confused:

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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    come on surely Haiti...:O
    seems sooo flipping scary...
  10. Stilo's Avatar
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    United States of America.
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by 079)
    I wonder if we both have the same reason...
    HAHA Whats your reason?
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by Jordan_1)
    Because of the English.
    whats it like ?
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by miser)
    North Korea. Runner-ups would include Iran, Saudi Arabia and China.
    China is an amazing place.

    Much better than the UK
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by Fires)
    One way to think about this subject is to think "which country would people leave en-masse if they possibly could?"

    Obviously N Korea would rank high, but so would many other countries, including, I would suggest:

    China
    India
    Bangladesh
    Pakistan
    Almost every country in the Arab world if you are not rich
    Romania
    Russia
    Bulgaria, etc

    Everywhere in Africa if you are not rich

    Mexico if you are not rich, etc

    Pretty much everywhere really...

    If you are not rich...

    (Original post by M4LLY)
    Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, North Korea, Sudan. England isn't exactly the best country to live in but its better than those places.
    See my above post.
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by Voice of Logic)
    China is an amazing place.

    Much better than the UK
    How so? Is the UK not totalitarian enough for your liking? Dont worry, our government is working on changing that. :rolleyes:

    North Korea is the place i would least like to live, i could not live anywhere where the state has total control over almost every aspect of your existence. I would rather live in a totally lawless state than a dictatorship, at least i would be free.
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    Any arab state.
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by Voice of Logic)
    China is an amazing place.

    Much better than the UK
    Scenically, probably. In terms of human rights abuses, I'd rather live in the UK.
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by Lovefoxxx_93)
    As a female, Saudi Arabia definitely.
    how come ?
  19. ZeeAli's Avatar
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by CF25)
    Any arab state.
    how come ?
  20. ZeeAli's Avatar
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    Re: Country you would least like to live in
    (Original post by Stilo)
    United States of America.
    i totally agree with youu
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