re: People from the UK visit the US and realize their country is a wreck

What would they say had they been to Baton Rouge in July?

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Did you miss the "but that's not the reality." part of my post?


Yes looking at the media and on here, etc. one might think that Minneapolis is a Muslim caliphate, but that's not the reality. Just like these supposed places in Europe.

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When you typed "but that's not the reality" you were clearly referring to the rest of the USA outside of Minneapolis

When a poster says "Europe is a Muslim caliphate" and you say "You could say the same thing if you just look at Minneapolis, but that's not the reality" then what you're saying is that Minneapolis is a Muslim caliphate, but the rest of America isn't so it's not reality that America is a Muslim caliphate.

You said something really dumb about a place you're ignorant about and are desperate not to own it

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Or you missed my point entirely and are desperate not to own it.

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If your entire point was that the media and this board is completely misrepresenting Europe and Minneapolis then you need to work on your sentence structuring and clarity.

When someone says something like "Europe is a Muslim caliphate" and your response is "If you just look at Minneapolis you'd say the same about America, but that's not reality" then what people reading your response are going to conclude is that you think Minneapolis is a Musliam caliphate, but the rest of America isn't.

We need to make one of those for all of the Louisiana posters who act like they’ve received a blessing from a divine power when they leave the state.

61 million people live in the uk.



We don't have a single state with that population. Think how crammed it is there.

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People from the UK visit the US and realize their country is a wreck

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Random thought I've had about these videos-

If you're from another country, what are your thoughts about which city/area of the US to visit? Do you just hit New York? Does New Orleans pop up on the must see list? Is anyone going to check out Dallas or Houston?

(Nothing seems sadder to me than the idea of flying half way around the world to see Disneyworld)

Just think, Europe is ahead of us culturally, as we take many cues from them politically, socially, stylistically…if we don’t learn from the disaster they are going through, we are destined to repeat it.

We are basically a two term timespan of a Harris/walz administration from being a complete shithole.

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Interesting to see someone else’s view of the USA. I really wonder how accurate that is? Of course we know we have problems here, but it’s overall a nice country.

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People tend to shite on what’s theirs. I remember a post (one of the many) shitting on BR back when I first moved here in 2016, to which I replied you’ve clearly not spent a lot of time in Laplace. BR was, and still is, like Rodeo Dr compared to where I spent the first 30+ years of my life. You tend to have a different perspective

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The English countryside is majestic. However, many of the cities there are extremely depressing. They remind me of Rust Belt cities here whose heyday was 50 years ago. I tell people all the time do the London tourist stuff for maybe a day and then get the hell out and dive into the countryside. The Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, the Cotswolds, the Shropshire Hills, the Malvern Hills, Dartmoor and Cornwall are all places that are absolutely stunning and filled with much friendlier people than you'd expect. The folks in Yorkshire are the friendliest people I've ever experienced on vacation.

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Dorset is awe inspiring as well.

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Dorset is awe inspiring as well.

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Going to the Jurassic Coast next year. We're staying in Salisbury and taking the train to Bournemouth to do a guided tour of Durdle Door.