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Re:The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where t... by Frost1x on Friday June 10, 2022 @11:56AM (#31695900)
I'd say that and and the global propoganda machine is strong. There's many from outside the country who have a picture of what it's like to live here that doesn't align with reality. I think much of it is due to entertainment: movies, TV shows, etc. that give this false impression that everything is rosey all the time.

The lower classes are abused here as well and classes do exist but it's probably better being poor in the US than being poor in most parts of the world. If nothing else you have access to emergency rooms and food, although you may not have real housing.

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Re:The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where t... by redisman on Friday June 10, 2022 @12:43PM (#31696494)
Immigrants aren’t dumb. The problem is that westerners have no idea what a median persons life in Africa or South America is like
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Re:The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where t... by wincy on Friday June 10, 2022 @12:54PM (#31696638)
It’s true. I was asking a person I know from Kenya what’s it’s like there. She said it’s a beautiful please, pretty good but I’d have to hire security guards to avoid getting kidnapped and ransomed. We just don’t realize how good the US is.
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Re:The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where t... by usrn on Saturday June 11, 2022 @12:48PM (#31705906)
There are places in the US you shouldn't go without security
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Re:The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where t... by cscurmudgeon on Friday June 10, 2022 @01:06PM (#31696811)
Or even EU. There is a reason there is still brain drain from Europe to the US.
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Re:The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where t... by Frost1x on Saturday June 11, 2022 @08:52AM (#31704084)
It's not that they're dumb, they're often simply unaware and misinformed. I had several international friends in college who studied in the US and almost all of them returned home. Many came to the US not just for education but intending to stay and do well for themselves. After dealing with the culture and environment here, most realized the places they came from weren't really all that bad and their opportunities there was just as good. Most assumed the US was NYC and LA everywhere.

This is clearly in contrast to people coming from poverty in say Sri Lanka where even the worst here are often doing better in terms of human rights, access to ERs, access to shelters, etc.

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