Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration

Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by danielvf on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @09:40AM (#17134069)

If you have values that are out of place in Europe.

For example, schooling your kids at home is not only absolutely forbidden in Germany - but when I was in Germany, people reacted as if I was suggesting making a terrorist attack. Meanwhile, 9% of students in North Carolina are homeschooled.

Or, I have an German, non-tech acquaintance living in the US South. He loves it. He gets to live on a farm, buy giant sniper rifles, and go to long range shooting competitions. In much of Germany these would be both unaffordable and the sign of deeply dangerous mind.

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Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by refurb on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @09:57AM (#17134193)

Is shooting that looked down upon in Germany? It might not be as common as in the US, but my understanding is that there is a decent number of people involved, similar to Switzerland.

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Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by danielvf on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @10:06AM (#17134259)

I might be wrong on that.

Wikipedia says Germany has 1.4 million legal gun owners, out of a population of 82 million so it can't be that common.

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Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by Balero on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @11:46AM (#17135074)

So it's less popular than football, but probably about as popular as tennis or badminton.

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Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by refurb on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @11:01AM (#17134696)

Not thinking it's common, but not so rare as to be viewed as freakish.

I assume it's similar to the US where it's more common in certain segments of the population (ex-military, rural, etc).

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