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Anonymous wrote:India. Yuck!!

Okay, can you explain why? I am sure India is not terrible to travel to.

NP—I loved it but get why people don’t.

It’s a lot to take in.

Maybe the stereotypes that people associate with India, which I think is absolute BS. I am sure India has a lot of nice places to go through and it still holds a very rich culture. Some people are just ignoring it.

Tell me you know nothing about India without telling me you know nothing about India.

I think people need to specify if they are actually Indian or not when judging India.
(or their nationality and experiences in general when explaining why they hated a place. It helps a lot).

For a westerner, the poverty and racism and dismissal of human life is a very tough part of India. Sure there are beautiful buildings, generous and lovely people, but there are slums, horrible pollution and rubbish, children in streets and agonizing poverty too. You can't just dismiss that as part of the experience no matter where you go.

I think you have to visit India more than once to start enjoying it. You have to uncover layers to find beauty and joy

DP here. I did a two-year post for my job, and I hate India. It was the worst place I've ever been or lived, and I've lived in 7 countries, including one other developing country. The filth and the "scam culture" of lying and dishonesty, the class/caste snobbery and the acceptance of speaking to/treating those considered beneath you as if they are subhuman, the prevalence of bad behavior by men toward women and the way this is accepted and often explained away to minimize/justify, really wore me down. I had colleagues who brought their kids and they broke contract due to the hideous air pollution and the way their teen daughter was ogled and harassed.

And yet we are to believe they magically leave this mindset behind when they immigrate.

some do, some don't, but by and large, they don't treat Americans that way. They treat each other that way.

I've worked in tech for 20 years in Silicon Valley, and I'm a female. For the most part, they treated me well, especially since I was a top performer, but yea, I saw some of them treat others whom I guess were lower caste than them awfully. Funny thing though is that the lower caste person was kinder, more genial, but they ended up standing up to their bully eventually. I guess the American culture rubbed off on them.

I've worked with some really smart Indians and some not so smart ones, some really nice Indians and some not so nice ones. You know, not that dissimilar to real Americans I've worked with in the past.

The racism, scammer mentality and mysogyny is built it. They are just taught to behave better while on an HB1 visa.

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Anonymous wrote:India. Yuck!!

Okay, can you explain why? I am sure India is not terrible to travel to.

NP—I loved it but get why people don’t.

It’s a lot to take in.

Maybe the stereotypes that people associate with India, which I think is absolute BS. I am sure India has a lot of nice places to go through and it still holds a very rich culture. Some people are just ignoring it.

Tell me you know nothing about India without telling me you know nothing about India.

I think people need to specify if they are actually Indian or not when judging India.
(or their nationality and experiences in general when explaining why they hated a place. It helps a lot).

For a westerner, the poverty and racism and dismissal of human life is a very tough part of India. Sure there are beautiful buildings, generous and lovely people, but there are slums, horrible pollution and rubbish, children in streets and agonizing poverty too. You can't just dismiss that as part of the experience no matter where you go.

I think you have to visit India more than once to start enjoying it. You have to uncover layers to find beauty and joy

DP here. I did a two-year post for my job, and I hate India. It was the worst place I've ever been or lived, and I've lived in 7 countries, including one other developing country. The filth and the "scam culture" of lying and dishonesty, the class/caste snobbery and the acceptance of speaking to/treating those considered beneath you as if they are subhuman, the prevalence of bad behavior by men toward women and the way this is accepted and often explained away to minimize/justify, really wore me down. I had colleagues who brought their kids and they broke contract due to the hideous air pollution and the way their teen daughter was ogled and harassed.

And yet we are to believe they magically leave this mindset behind when they immigrate.

some do, some don't, but by and large, they don't treat Americans that way. They treat each other that way.

I've worked in tech for 20 years in Silicon Valley, and I'm a female. For the most part, they treated me well, especially since I was a top performer, but yea, I saw some of them treat others whom I guess were lower caste than them awfully. Funny thing though is that the lower caste person was kinder, more genial, but they ended up standing up to their bully eventually. I guess the American culture rubbed off on them.

I've worked with some really smart Indians and some not so smart ones, some really nice Indians and some not so nice ones. You know, not that dissimilar to real Americans I've worked with in the past.

And I’ve heard them openly slur basically everyone: white, black, Latino, Asian, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:India. Yuck!!

Okay, can you explain why? I am sure India is not terrible to travel to.

NP—I loved it but get why people don’t.

It’s a lot to take in.

Maybe the stereotypes that people associate with India, which I think is absolute BS. I am sure India has a lot of nice places to go through and it still holds a very rich culture. Some people are just ignoring it.

Tell me you know nothing about India without telling me you know nothing about India.

I think people need to specify if they are actually Indian or not when judging India.
(or their nationality and experiences in general when explaining why they hated a place. It helps a lot).

For a westerner, the poverty and racism and dismissal of human life is a very tough part of India. Sure there are beautiful buildings, generous and lovely people, but there are slums, horrible pollution and rubbish, children in streets and agonizing poverty too. You can't just dismiss that as part of the experience no matter where you go.

I think you have to visit India more than once to start enjoying it. You have to uncover layers to find beauty and joy

DP here. I did a two-year post for my job, and I hate India. It was the worst place I've ever been or lived, and I've lived in 7 countries, including one other developing country. The filth and the "scam culture" of lying and dishonesty, the class/caste snobbery and the acceptance of speaking to/treating those considered beneath you as if they are subhuman, the prevalence of bad behavior by men toward women and the way this is accepted and often explained away to minimize/justify, really wore me down. I had colleagues who brought their kids and they broke contract due to the hideous air pollution and the way their teen daughter was ogled and harassed.

And yet we are to believe they magically leave this mindset behind when they immigrate.

some do, some don't, but by and large, they don't treat Americans that way. They treat each other that way.

I've worked in tech for 20 years in Silicon Valley, and I'm a female. For the most part, they treated me well, especially since I was a top performer, but yea, I saw some of them treat others whom I guess were lower caste than them awfully. Funny thing though is that the lower caste person was kinder, more genial, but they ended up standing up to their bully eventually. I guess the American culture rubbed off on them.

I've worked with some really smart Indians and some not so smart ones, some really nice Indians and some not so nice ones. You know, not that dissimilar to real Americans I've worked with in the past.

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Anonymous wrote:India. Yuck!!

Okay, can you explain why? I am sure India is not terrible to travel to.

NP—I loved it but get why people don’t.

It’s a lot to take in.

Maybe the stereotypes that people associate with India, which I think is absolute BS. I am sure India has a lot of nice places to go through and it still holds a very rich culture. Some people are just ignoring it.

Tell me you know nothing about India without telling me you know nothing about India.

I think people need to specify if they are actually Indian or not when judging India.
(or their nationality and experiences in general when explaining why they hated a place. It helps a lot).

For a westerner, the poverty and racism and dismissal of human life is a very tough part of India. Sure there are beautiful buildings, generous and lovely people, but there are slums, horrible pollution and rubbish, children in streets and agonizing poverty too. You can't just dismiss that as part of the experience no matter where you go.

I think you have to visit India more than once to start enjoying it. You have to uncover layers to find beauty and joy

DP here. I did a two-year post for my job, and I hate India. It was the worst place I've ever been or lived, and I've lived in 7 countries, including one other developing country. The filth and the "scam culture" of lying and dishonesty, the class/caste snobbery and the acceptance of speaking to/treating those considered beneath you as if they are subhuman, the prevalence of bad behavior by men toward women and the way this is accepted and often explained away to minimize/justify, really wore me down. I had colleagues who brought their kids and they broke contract due to the hideous air pollution and the way their teen daughter was ogled and harassed.

And yet we are to believe they magically leave this mindset behind when they immigrate.

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Anonymous wrote:India. Yuck!!

Okay, can you explain why? I am sure India is not terrible to travel to.

NP—I loved it but get why people don’t.

It’s a lot to take in.

Maybe the stereotypes that people associate with India, which I think is absolute BS. I am sure India has a lot of nice places to go through and it still holds a very rich culture. Some people are just ignoring it.

Tell me you know nothing about India without telling me you know nothing about India.

I think people need to specify if they are actually Indian or not when judging India.
(or their nationality and experiences in general when explaining why they hated a place. It helps a lot).

For a westerner, the poverty and racism and dismissal of human life is a very tough part of India. Sure there are beautiful buildings, generous and lovely people, but there are slums, horrible pollution and rubbish, children in streets and agonizing poverty too. You can't just dismiss that as part of the experience no matter where you go.

I think you have to visit India more than once to start enjoying it. You have to uncover layers to find beauty and joy

DP here. I did a two-year post for my job, and I hate India. It was the worst place I've ever been or lived, and I've lived in 7 countries, including one other developing country. The filth and the "scam culture" of lying and dishonesty, the class/caste snobbery and the acceptance of speaking to/treating those considered beneath you as if they are subhuman, the prevalence of bad behavior by men toward women and the way this is accepted and often explained away to minimize/justify, really wore me down. I had colleagues who brought their kids and they broke contract due to the hideous air pollution and the way their teen daughter was ogled and harassed.

And yet we are to believe they magically leave this mindset behind when they immigrate.

some do, some don't, but by and large, they don't treat Americans that way. They treat each other that way.

I've worked in tech for 20 years in Silicon Valley, and I'm a female. For the most part, they treated me well, especially since I was a top performer, but yea, I saw some of them treat others whom I guess were lower caste than them awfully. Funny thing though is that the lower caste person was kinder, more genial, but they ended up standing up to their bully eventually. I guess the American culture rubbed off on them.

I've worked with some really smart Indians and some not so smart ones, some really nice Indians and some not so nice ones. You know, not that dissimilar to real Americans I've worked with in the past.

Anonymous wrote:Never got the appeal of London. Bad weather, relatively bad food (except Dishoom!!!), not pretty, just kind of boring overall. I’d rather be in Paris if I’m looking for a big city on the westernmost area of Europe.

Also didnt love Lisbon but I see the appeal of it for others. For me, maybe I was just not in a good mood the week I was there, but I didn’t love it.

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Anonymous wrote:India. Yuck!!

Okay, can you explain why? I am sure India is not terrible to travel to.

NP—I loved it but get why people don’t.

It’s a lot to take in.

Maybe the stereotypes that people associate with India, which I think is absolute BS. I am sure India has a lot of nice places to go through and it still holds a very rich culture. Some people are just ignoring it.

Tell me you know nothing about India without telling me you know nothing about India.

I think people need to specify if they are actually Indian or not when judging India.
(or their nationality and experiences in general when explaining why they hated a place. It helps a lot).

For a westerner, the poverty and racism and dismissal of human life is a very tough part of India. Sure there are beautiful buildings, generous and lovely people, but there are slums, horrible pollution and rubbish, children in streets and agonizing poverty too. You can't just dismiss that as part of the experience no matter where you go.

I think you have to visit India more than once to start enjoying it. You have to uncover layers to find beauty and joy

DP here. I did a two-year post for my job, and I hate India. It was the worst place I've ever been or lived, and I've lived in 7 countries, including one other developing country. The filth and the "scam culture" of lying and dishonesty, the class/caste snobbery and the acceptance of speaking to/treating those considered beneath you as if they are subhuman, the prevalence of bad behavior by men toward women and the way this is accepted and often explained away to minimize/justify, really wore me down. I had colleagues who brought their kids and they broke contract due to the hideous air pollution and the way their teen daughter was ogled and harassed.

And yet we are to believe they magically leave this mindset behind when they immigrate.

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Anonymous wrote:India. Yuck!!

Okay, can you explain why? I am sure India is not terrible to travel to.

NP—I loved it but get why people don’t.

It’s a lot to take in.

Maybe the stereotypes that people associate with India, which I think is absolute BS. I am sure India has a lot of nice places to go through and it still holds a very rich culture. Some people are just ignoring it.

Tell me you know nothing about India without telling me you know nothing about India.

I think people need to specify if they are actually Indian or not when judging India.
(or their nationality and experiences in general when explaining why they hated a place. It helps a lot).

For a westerner, the poverty and racism and dismissal of human life is a very tough part of India. Sure there are beautiful buildings, generous and lovely people, but there are slums, horrible pollution and rubbish, children in streets and agonizing poverty too. You can't just dismiss that as part of the experience no matter where you go.

I think you have to visit India more than once to start enjoying it. You have to uncover layers to find beauty and joy

DP here. I did a two-year post for my job, and I hate India. It was the worst place I've ever been or lived, and I've lived in 7 countries, including one other developing country. The filth and the "scam culture" of lying and dishonesty, the class/caste snobbery and the acceptance of speaking to/treating those considered beneath you as if they are subhuman, the prevalence of bad behavior by men toward women and the way this is accepted and often explained away to minimize/justify, really wore me down. I had colleagues who brought their kids and they broke contract due to the hideous air pollution and the way their teen daughter was ogled and harassed.

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Anonymous wrote:India. Yuck!!

Okay, can you explain why? I am sure India is not terrible to travel to.

NP—I loved it but get why people don’t.

It’s a lot to take in.

Maybe the stereotypes that people associate with India, which I think is absolute BS. I am sure India has a lot of nice places to go through and it still holds a very rich culture. Some people are just ignoring it.

Tell me you know nothing about India without telling me you know nothing about India.

I think people need to specify if they are actually Indian or not when judging India.
(or their nationality and experiences in general when explaining why they hated a place. It helps a lot).

For a westerner, the poverty and racism and dismissal of human life is a very tough part of India. Sure there are beautiful buildings, generous and lovely people, but there are slums, horrible pollution and rubbish, children in streets and agonizing poverty too. You can't just dismiss that as part of the experience no matter where you go.

I think you have to visit India more than once to start enjoying it. You have to uncover layers to find beauty and joy

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Anonymous wrote:I had miserable experiences in both Miami and Orlando Florida (Miami less so). I will give the state one more shot (have always wanted to see the Keys) but if I don't like it there, I'm never going back to the state as a whole.

When we went to Miami the weather was unbearably bad, hot, high humidity and their beaches are not impressive. We went to Disney World, same bad weather. I really hate Florida.

Florida is heaven in terms of weather during winter months and hell in the summer. I actually don't know how one can "hate Florida" in the winter because it's a huge state with stunning beaches (maybe not the one you went to), a unique ecosystem in the Everglades, natural springs, manatees, dolphins, wild parrots, ibis, stunning plants and flowers... People miss out when they just go to Miami Beach and get stuck with crowds, traffic and tourist trap restaurants.

Disney? I get that. Lines for hours are not my idea of fun and I'm not doing it again.

Florida is great if you go to the keys or the islands (daniel, Marco, etc…putting aside hurricane damage for the moment). I agree that I don’t like Miami or Orlando.

Nah. It’s flat, brown, full of awful people, ugly architecture, hotter than hades, just horrible.