really jarring coming back to the US after traveling to Asia for the last three weeks

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t understand the differences between the US and a culturally/racially homogenous country that is smaller than California and has more than twice the population?

So now your excuse for why the US is falling so far behind in development and infrastructure is because of 'diversity'?

You sound racist and dumb. Singapore is pretty much as diverse, if not even more diverse than the US and its infrastructure blows away anything you'd find in NYC, LA, Chicago, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t understand the differences between the US and a culturally/racially homogenous country that is smaller than California and has more than twice the population?

That level of density is actually a major demographic challenge, not some sort of advantage. What are you even trying to say? Like brown people keep America from having clean trains? Maybe treating brown people like second class citizens for centuries on end is the actual problem, and a solveable one at that.

The US should actually be superior in all of these metrics. We are one of the largest, most resource rich nations in the world, and those natural resources are actually what is propping up our economy DESPITE our across the board stupid policies.

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Anonymous wrote:Well that’s one narrow part of Asia. Visit Bangladesh and you’ll kiss the linoleum at JFK.

So your point is that America can only make the cut when you compare the US ro some of the least developed poorer countries and cannot hold water when you compare to other 1st world developed countries? I'd agree, we seem more like a developing 2nd world country now after you get back traveling through other modern advanced economies in Europe and Asia. Our infrastructure is horrendously poor and embarrassing compared to our so called peers.

“Traveling to Asia” is the subject line. “Traveling to Japan” is the subject. That’s not just the developed world. That’s the absolute pinnacle of train travel worldwide. Anyone truly well-traveled knows that.

Except it's not just trains. You can see how much better their roads are, the connectivity of the internet and speeds, the quality of their bridges, how well their major airports work, the lack of homeless people anywhere, the lack of panhandlers harassing you, and the ability to walk for miles completely underground in the event there is crap weather and so pedestrians can avoid stupid cars.

Again. Japan is the global exception to every rule. And literally everyone knows this. Except apparently it was a surprise to you. Spend some time in the rest of Asia (Mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal…) and they’ll all tell you how exceptional and unusual Japan is.

So America can only beat developing 3rd and 2nd world developing nations.and should not be compared to other 1st world countries. Thanks for reiterating your point.

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Anonymous wrote:Well that’s one narrow part of Asia. Visit Bangladesh and you’ll kiss the linoleum at JFK.

So your point is that America can only make the cut when you compare the US ro some of the least developed poorer countries and cannot hold water when you compare to other 1st world developed countries? I'd agree, we seem more like a developing 2nd world country now after you get back traveling through other modern advanced economies in Europe and Asia. Our infrastructure is horrendously poor and embarrassing compared to our so called peers.

“Traveling to Asia” is the subject line. “Traveling to Japan” is the subject. That’s not just the developed world. That’s the absolute pinnacle of train travel worldwide. Anyone truly well-traveled knows that.

Except it's not just trains. You can see how much better their roads are, the connectivity of the internet and speeds, the quality of their bridges, how well their major airports work, the lack of homeless people anywhere, the lack of panhandlers harassing you, and the ability to walk for miles completely underground in the event there is crap weather and so pedestrians can avoid stupid cars.

Again. Japan is the global exception to every rule. And literally everyone knows this. Except apparently it was a surprise to you. Spend some time in the rest of Asia (Mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal…) and they’ll all tell you how exceptional and unusual Japan is.

So America can only beat developing 3rd and 2nd world developing nations.and should not be compared to other 1st world countries. Thanks for reiterating your point.

Hey man you’re the one who wants to talk about “Asia.” And who TF still uses the terms 3rd and 2nd world?! Are you like 70??

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I mean Japan can afford all that because they aren’t really funding a military are they? We are their defense. Did they have that great infrastructure before the war? We didn’t destroy the entire country.

The US is by no means the perfect place but it really bothers me when people visit abroad and suddenly think they are so worldly to come home and trash their home country because they spent two weeks visiting tourist traps. The world is a bit more complicated than that and if you truly were well-traveled you would know this.

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t understand the differences between the US and a culturally/racially homogenous country that is smaller than California and has more than twice the population?

So now your excuse for why the US is falling so far behind in development and infrastructure is because of 'diversity'?

You sound racist and dumb. Singapore is pretty much as diverse, if not even more diverse than the US and its infrastructure blows away anything you'd find in NYC, LA, Chicago, etc.

Singapore is basically a totalitarian city. No comparison

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Anonymous wrote:Well that’s one narrow part of Asia. Visit Bangladesh and you’ll kiss the linoleum at JFK.

So your point is that America can only make the cut when you compare the US ro some of the least developed poorer countries and cannot hold water when you compare to other 1st world developed countries? I'd agree, we seem more like a developing 2nd world country now after you get back traveling through other modern advanced economies in Europe and Asia. Our infrastructure is horrendously poor and embarrassing compared to our so called peers.

“Traveling to Asia” is the subject line. “Traveling to Japan” is the subject. That’s not just the developed world. That’s the absolute pinnacle of train travel worldwide. Anyone truly well-traveled knows that.

Except it's not just trains. You can see how much better their roads are, the connectivity of the internet and speeds, the quality of their bridges, how well their major airports work, the lack of homeless people anywhere, the lack of panhandlers harassing you, and the ability to walk for miles completely underground in the event there is crap weather and so pedestrians can avoid stupid cars.

Again. Japan is the global exception to every rule. And literally everyone knows this. Except apparently it was a surprise to you. Spend some time in the rest of Asia (Mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal…) and they’ll all tell you how exceptional and unusual Japan is.

So America can only beat developing 3rd and 2nd world developing nations.and should not be compared to other 1st world countries. Thanks for reiterating your point.

Hey man you’re the one who wants to talk about “Asia.” And who TF still uses the terms 3rd and 2nd world?! Are you like 70??

Lmao. Even Thailand's airport is pretty much better than like 95% of US airports, especially given the volume of travelers it sees.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean Japan can afford all that because they aren’t really funding a military are they? We are their defense. Did they have that great infrastructure before the war? We didn’t destroy the entire country.

The US is by no means the perfect place but it really bothers me when people visit abroad and suddenly think they are so worldly to come home and trash their home country because they spent two weeks visiting tourist traps. The world is a bit more complicated than that and if you truly were well-traveled you would know this.

+1

I’d tell you “if you like it so much immigrate” but of course Japan would never have you.

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Anonymous wrote:Well that’s one narrow part of Asia. Visit Bangladesh and you’ll kiss the linoleum at JFK.

So your point is that America can only make the cut when you compare the US ro some of the least developed poorer countries and cannot hold water when you compare to other 1st world developed countries? I'd agree, we seem more like a developing 2nd world country now after you get back traveling through other modern advanced economies in Europe and Asia. Our infrastructure is horrendously poor and embarrassing compared to our so called peers.

“Traveling to Asia” is the subject line. “Traveling to Japan” is the subject. That’s not just the developed world. That’s the absolute pinnacle of train travel worldwide. Anyone truly well-traveled knows that.

Except it's not just trains. You can see how much better their roads are, the connectivity of the internet and speeds, the quality of their bridges, how well their major airports work, the lack of homeless people anywhere, the lack of panhandlers harassing you, and the ability to walk for miles completely underground in the event there is crap weather and so pedestrians can avoid stupid cars.

Again. Japan is the global exception to every rule. And literally everyone knows this. Except apparently it was a surprise to you. Spend some time in the rest of Asia (Mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal…) and they’ll all tell you how exceptional and unusual Japan is.

So America can only beat developing 3rd and 2nd world developing nations.and should not be compared to other 1st world countries. Thanks for reiterating your point.

Hey man you’re the one who wants to talk about “Asia.” And who TF still uses the terms 3rd and 2nd world?! Are you like 70??

Lmao. Even Thailand's airport is pretty much better than like 95% of US airports, especially given the volume of travelers it sees.

Did you really just say “Thailand’s airport”? LMAO

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Anonymous wrote:Well that’s one narrow part of Asia. Visit Bangladesh and you’ll kiss the linoleum at JFK.

So your point is that America can only make the cut when you compare the US ro some of the least developed poorer countries and cannot hold water when you compare to other 1st world developed countries? I'd agree, we seem more like a developing 2nd world country now after you get back traveling through other modern advanced economies in Europe and Asia. Our infrastructure is horrendously poor and embarrassing compared to our so called peers.

“Traveling to Asia” is the subject line. “Traveling to Japan” is the subject. That’s not just the developed world. That’s the absolute pinnacle of train travel worldwide. Anyone truly well-traveled knows that.

Except it's not just trains. You can see how much better their roads are, the connectivity of the internet and speeds, the quality of their bridges, how well their major airports work, the lack of homeless people anywhere, the lack of panhandlers harassing you, and the ability to walk for miles completely underground in the event there is crap weather and so pedestrians can avoid stupid cars.

Again. Japan is the global exception to every rule. And literally everyone knows this. Except apparently it was a surprise to you. Spend some time in the rest of Asia (Mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal…) and they’ll all tell you how exceptional and unusual Japan is.

So America can only beat developing 3rd and 2nd world developing nations.and should not be compared to other 1st world countries. Thanks for reiterating your point.

Hey man you’re the one who wants to talk about “Asia.” And who TF still uses the terms 3rd and 2nd world?! Are you like 70??

Lmao. Even Thailand's airport is pretty much better than like 95% of US airports, especially given the volume of travelers it sees.

Did you really just say “Thailand’s airport”? LMAO

Lmao....because I didn't really feel like going out and looking up how to spell its complicated name for BKK. Keep nitpicking you stooge.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean Japan can afford all that because they aren’t really funding a military are they? We are their defense. Did they have that great infrastructure before the war? We didn’t destroy the entire country.

The US is by no means the perfect place but it really bothers me when people visit abroad and suddenly think they are so worldly to come home and trash their home country because they spent two weeks visiting tourist traps. The world is a bit more complicated than that and if you truly were well-traveled you would know this.

So isn’t it a reasonable conclusion based on what you wrote to say, “hey, maybe we should be spending less money on military jets that are so poorly designed that they crash immediately after takeoff, and more money on our citizens and infrastructure?”

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OP sounds like a 16yr old who just returned from study abroad.

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Anonymous wrote:Well that’s one narrow part of Asia. Visit Bangladesh and you’ll kiss the linoleum at JFK.

So your point is that America can only make the cut when you compare the US ro some of the least developed poorer countries and cannot hold water when you compare to other 1st world developed countries? I'd agree, we seem more like a developing 2nd world country now after you get back traveling through other modern advanced economies in Europe and Asia. Our infrastructure is horrendously poor and embarrassing compared to our so called peers.

“Traveling to Asia” is the subject line. “Traveling to Japan” is the subject. That’s not just the developed world. That’s the absolute pinnacle of train travel worldwide. Anyone truly well-traveled knows that.

Except it's not just trains. You can see how much better their roads are, the connectivity of the internet and speeds, the quality of their bridges, how well their major airports work, the lack of homeless people anywhere, the lack of panhandlers harassing you, and the ability to walk for miles completely underground in the event there is crap weather and so pedestrians can avoid stupid cars.

Again. Japan is the global exception to every rule. And literally everyone knows this. Except apparently it was a surprise to you. Spend some time in the rest of Asia (Mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal…) and they’ll all tell you how exceptional and unusual Japan is.

So America can only beat developing 3rd and 2nd world developing nations.and should not be compared to other 1st world countries. Thanks for reiterating your point.

Hey man you’re the one who wants to talk about “Asia.” And who TF still uses the terms 3rd and 2nd world?! Are you like 70??

Lmao. Even Thailand's airport is pretty much better than like 95% of US airports, especially given the volume of travelers it sees.

Did you really just say “Thailand’s airport”? LMAO

Lmao....because I didn't really feel like going out and looking up how to spell its complicated name for BKK. Keep nitpicking you stooge.

No, you idiot, my point was Thailand has many many airports. You went to one and now think you’re an expert on Thai infrastructure! The epitome of ugly American.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean Japan can afford all that because they aren’t really funding a military are they? We are their defense. Did they have that great infrastructure before the war? We didn’t destroy the entire country.

The US is by no means the perfect place but it really bothers me when people visit abroad and suddenly think they are so worldly to come home and trash their home country because they spent two weeks visiting tourist traps. The world is a bit more complicated than that and if you truly were well-traveled you would know this.

So in other words, we waste too much money on the military, gotcha.

Look at how piss poor Russia is at fighting Ukraine. Yet we feel compelled to keep blowing them out of the water in terms of military spending.

Yes, the US is #1 at bombing and killing people, but how about when it comes to crap our citizens need or could use everyday in their daily lives. Thank god we gave Lockheed $1,000,000,000,000 though for some killer planes.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean Japan can afford all that because they aren’t really funding a military are they? We are their defense. Did they have that great infrastructure before the war? We didn’t destroy the entire country.

The US is by no means the perfect place but it really bothers me when people visit abroad and suddenly think they are so worldly to come home and trash their home country because they spent two weeks visiting tourist traps. The world is a bit more complicated than that and if you truly were well-traveled you would know this.

So isn’t it a reasonable conclusion based on what you wrote to say, “hey, maybe we should be spending less money on military jets that are so poorly designed that they crash immediately after takeoff, and more money on our citizens and infrastructure?”

Yes, I never said it wasn’t. I simply explained why it’s likely the Japanese can afford those projects. It’s also a bad look to negatively compare the hand that feeds you after a mere snapshot of the greener grass. As a tourist, you have zero understanding of the challenges of living in another country but your own. I’ve lived abroad in many different countries and once you pull back the curtain you understand every place is less than ideal.