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Why the US is different (and better?)

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  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    movilogo wrote: »
    People cringe here all the time how inhabitable UK has become lately.

    Yet, most are us are unwilling to accept USA is a better place to live :D


    Until you get sick, or your home gets flooded etc. etc.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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  • Thrugelmir
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    movilogo wrote: »
    People cringe here all the time how inhabitable UK has become lately.

    Yet, most are us are unwilling to accept USA is a better place to live :D

    Unfortunately obtaining a green card is no longer a formality.
  • adouglasmhor
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    movilogo wrote: »
    People cringe here all the time how inhabitable UK has become lately.

    Yet, most are us are unwilling to accept USA is a better place to live :D


    did you mean uninhabitable?
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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  • FTBFun
    FTBFun Posts: 4,273 Forumite
    movilogo wrote: »
    People cringe here all the time how inhabitable UK has become lately.

    Yet, most are us are unwilling to accept USA is a better place to live :D

    Yes, DM reading whingers do, the rest of us realise that we live in a great country. Why do you think people want to live here so much?
  • adouglasmhor
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    michaels wrote: »
    In 2008 the US gave 300bn (about 193bn GBP) or about 2.8 times as much as a proportion of GDP or 3.25 times as much per head.

    Edit: Meant to post this link: http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/News/2009/docs/GivingReaches300billion_06102009.pdf ,for which I admit I did not check the details.

    This link posted later shows different Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and Ireland seem to be the most generous though,both per capita and as a proportion of GDP.
    http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/GHA_Report8.pdf
    Around p24.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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  • Exocet
    Exocet Posts: 744 Forumite
    adouglasmhor wrote: »
    Until you get sick, or your home gets flooded etc. etc.
    Sorry if I have missed something here, but dont people get sick and flooded in the UK? I agree the weather here is less extreme, but we haven't half had a lot of rain recently.
  • adouglasmhor
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    Exocet wrote: »
    Sorry if I have missed something here, but dont people get sick and flooded in the UK? I agree the weather here is less extreme, but we haven't half had a lot of rain recently.

    Yes you have missed something really obvious.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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  • Exocet
    Exocet Posts: 744 Forumite
    adouglasmhor wrote: »
    Yes you have missed something really obvious.
    Thanks, I thought that must be the case. It usually happens, I just dive in to a discussion on flooding (no pun intended!) and get my facts wrong. It does seem to flood quite often in Wales, so I guess we were comparing England with the US.
  • adouglasmhor
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    The point was about the support if you are ill or if you are made homeless in the UK compared to the USA.
    The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett


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  • Exocet
    Exocet Posts: 744 Forumite
    adouglasmhor wrote: »
    The point was about the support if you are ill or if you are made homeless in the UK compared to the USA.
    Oh I see. Thought it was about the weather. I've seen pictures of people sleeping in their cars in the US so I guess maybe they are bit more relaxed about clamping. On the other hand we have picnic areas so if you have a tent... sorted! So my guess would be swings and roundabouts really. Apart from tornadoes. Now they are really bad.
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