I've become obsessed with living in America. What are the pros and cons?

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oh man this is me too.. more so my sister though shes a die hard dreamer of living in america

ive been america few times now.. my sister has worked there twice grr and i have family there so ill give you the pros and cons both me and her know of living in america

PROS
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people tend to be nicer
HUUUUUGE range of places to eat
a greater range of almost everything.. like there were 20 diff kinds of oreos last i went!
people are more patriotic thus you really dont hear people bitching about how they hate living where they are like u do here in the uk
great diversity in many but not all parts of america
the buses though kinda crap are a good source of entertainment

CONS
paris hilton resides from there
mention 9/11 and you'll get 4820 red necks vying for your blood..
the accent can grate on you
americans wont understand what you say.. i mean this one time i asked for a burger and dude thought i asked for rice!

umm thats all i can think of atm

Pros: we rock.

You'll become fat. You'll fly an American flag above your house. Your IQ will drop by at least 30 points. You'll become fat. Oh and did I mention, you'll become fat.

Reply 23

ypo

niyaaaah

pros:
- fast food
- american accent
- atmosphere
- yellow taxis
- fat americans to keep you entertained

cons:
- rednecks
- fatties can pose a threat when using public transport
- complacent attitude to life
- most likely to die by a drive by
- why the **** would you want to live in a country that allows citizens to own firearms
- too many uni shootings
- too many crazy americans
- you'll turn fat

This is really unfair. Seriously, have you even been to the US?

Reply 24

User192499

I'm already a fatty, so that witticism need not be continued :rolleyes:

Thanks for the responses everyone, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who sees a lot of pros!

Reply 25

Rainfaery

Crap public transportation, for one. And the health system is kinda screwed up.

Also, our food sucks. And so does a lot of our television.

Reply 26

User192499

Nishil

Also, I hate to dash your dreams but chances are you will never get a Permanent resident card to come and live here.

Why not? I'm not familiar with the proceedure, could you explain please?

Reply 27

niyaaaah

ypo

This is really unfair. Seriously, have you even been to the US?

yeah, gta 3 and some other games too :wink:

Reply 28

Rainfaery

GodspeedGehenna

By rock do you mean be morbidly obese?

Honestly, I only know like two morbidly obese Americans. :rolleyes:

Reply 29

Edenr

America, land of the free :love:

Reply 30

GodspeedGehenna

Rainfaery

Honestly, I only know like two morbidly obese Americans. :rolleyes:

Is that because the rest are illegal immigrants from Mexico?

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... Ah, I'm bored.

Reply 31

Yusuf.T

Rainfaery

Crap public transportation, for one. And the health system is kinda screwed up.

Also, our food sucks. And so does a lot of our television.

buh you guys made 'the hills' :colondollar:

Reply 32

Rainfaery

GodspeedGehenna

Is that because the rest are illegal immigrants from Mexico?

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... Ah, I'm bored.

I don't know any illegal immigrants either. :p:

Reply 33

GodspeedGehenna

Rainfaery

I don't know any illegal immigrants either. :p:

I take it you've never entered a Walmart then.

Reply 34

Rainfaery

Yusuf.T

buh you guys made 'the hills' :colondollar:

Wait, what's 'The Hills'?

I've never heard of it.

I must not watch enough tv, heh.

Reply 35

Rainfaery

GodspeedGehenna

I take it you've never entered a Walmart then.

I haven't been in one in months. But at the one near me, none of the employees I've met have been Hispanic.

Reply 36

Bismarck

America is not one homogeneous entity. In general, on the social side, people are less reserved, there is less drinking, and there is no class warfare. Economically, the US is far wealthier. Average salaries for most jobs are significantly higher. There are far more high-paying jobs available. The upturn of that is that there is less job security, there is more economic inequality, and people work longer and harder. The politics depends entirely on where you go. Generally speaking, the US is more right-wing than Britain, but every state has its really left wing and really right wing areas. Some states are more extreme in one direction than others. Most rural areas and much of the south is very socially conservative and everything that entails. The northeast and the west coast are very socially liberal. The rest of the country is somewhere in between. But once again, these are all generalizations and don't apply to every person in the country. You won't know whether you like a particular part of the US until you spend some time there (I would imagine the same is true of most countries).

Rainfaery

Crap public transportation, for one. And the health system is kinda screwed up.

Also, our food sucks. And so does a lot of our television.

Tsk, why only Hispanics? There are over a hundred thousand illegal Canadians in the US. :p:

Reply 37

Yusuf.T

Teofilo

Having done a year in the states, I would consider it to be better over-all, though I can't really be arsed to go over everything now.

Washington would probably be my destination of choice though.

San Francisco is absolutely stunning BTW - you must visit it if you haven't already. Blew me away tbh...