Visiting Japan for the first time, I get it.

The difficulty of learning the language is considerable.

But the concern for each other’s well-being and the absence of concern about safety add to a spirit of serenity.

There is no PERFECT place to live, say it over and over.

There is only places you prefer to live.

Japan is amazing but like everywhere else, it's not the perfect place esp for those who do not understand Japanese culture. It can be for you if you really get it however. But that's not for most Americans. If it were, the US would not look like it does now.

Crime can happen and it does happen everywhere. There's no safe place, not anymore these days. But statistically, many places are less likely going to see you likely be in a violent situation.

So be grateful for this and realize that taking into consideration where you are going to be happiest is about more than the stats on violent crime or even pollution or etc. It's about more than 2-3 things but about taking the best of many many factors that will definitely impact your lifestyle in some way or other, whether Japan, US, Scandinavia, W Europe, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:This is what civilized countries look like, Americans:




Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.

Chicago is controlled by Republicans.

+1 Funny, but not everyone got it. Once you filter for these liberal stronghold crime-ridden cities, your chances of dying from gun violence shrink considerably.

Ironically, the liberals are the ones crying about the results that were directly created by their liberal policies.

? School shooting happen in both red and blue counties, but most of those blue counties are in red states: TX and FL.

Don't kid yourself.

Don’t complain about school shootings but then cite overall shooting statistics of which 99% don’t involve shootings at schools and instead involve hardened criminals killing each other.

Exactly. School shootings, while sad, account for a very small percentage of deaths due to gun violence.

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Anonymous wrote:This is what civilized countries look like, Americans:




Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.

Chicago is controlled by Republicans.

+1 Funny, but not everyone got it. Once you filter for these liberal stronghold crime-ridden cities, your chances of dying from gun violence shrink considerably.

Ironically, the liberals are the ones crying about the results that were directly created by their liberal policies.

? School shooting happen in both red and blue counties, but most of those blue counties are in red states: TX and FL.

Don't kid yourself.

Don’t complain about school shootings but then cite overall shooting statistics of which 99% don’t involve shootings at schools and instead involve hardened criminals killing each other.

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Anonymous wrote:This is what civilized countries look like, Americans:




Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.

Chicago is controlled by Republicans.

+1 Funny, but not everyone got it. Once you filter for these liberal stronghold crime-ridden cities, your chances of dying from gun violence shrink considerably.

Ironically, the liberals are the ones crying about the results that were directly created by their liberal policies.

? School shooting happen in both red and blue counties, but most of those blue counties are in red states: TX and FL.

Don't kid yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:This is what civilized countries look like, Americans:




Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.

Chicago is controlled by Republicans.

+1 Funny, but not everyone got it. Once you filter for these liberal stronghold crime-ridden cities, your chances of dying from gun violence shrink considerably.

Ironically, the liberals are the ones crying about the results that were directly created by their liberal policies.

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Anonymous wrote:Japan, China and Singapore are very meh places to live for women.
Europe is better but I am too lazy to learn Italian German or French at this age.

I lived in China, Japan and Singapore as a white guy and loved it. Manila too. Maybe women need to change their attitude and get with the program

White men live just fine in the us too.

Even better in Manila

Congrats on being a white guy! You are a winner at life.

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Anonymous wrote:This is what civilized countries look like, Americans:




Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.

Chicago is controlled by Republicans.

Ummm... are you 12? Because you obviously have no historical knowledge and don't follow current events.

They're joking.

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Anonymous wrote:This is what civilized countries look like, Americans:




Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.

Chicago is controlled by Republicans.

Ummm... are you 12? Because you obviously have no historical knowledge and don't follow current events.

Alexandria is most definitely a dump, including old town.

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Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.

No, certain parts of the US look like Brazil and Guatemala. I live in Old Town Alexandria, and we are far more like Japan than, say, across the river.

The people and culture are what make it dangerous, not the inanimate objects.

lol, no you don’t. Alexandria is a 3rd world s hole too:







You know why they’d never do crap like this in South Korea or Japan? Because it makes so much noise and they’d be concerned about how much it impacts everyone around them. They’d be worried about the great shame it’d bring to themselves and their country. That’s what happens when you have a cohesive, conformist society that tries to better itself for all rather than trying to exist as a country of 300 million individuals with freedumbz and rights!

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Anonymous wrote:I asked my Japanese BIL some questions when we visited this year and the answers were telling.
On beer vending machines: "What prevents young kids from buying the beer?" "An old person would notice it and scold them. It would be very embarrassing."
On the men's side of the onsen (where he and my husband were taking nephew + sons): "What if there was some gay stuff going on over there, like in the sauna? Is someone watching everything?" (Appalled voice) "No one would stand for such a thing. The other men would probably become violent."
On his annual physical: "Are you really ok with your boss getting a copy of your physical?" "Of course. He needs to know that his workers have their health."

All minor.

Gays? Murdered in US. Blacks? Noose. Physicals? Lolololol. Millions of Americans haven't even been to the doc in years because of zero access. Ha, as if Americans would have self discipline of booze were freely available. Kids in US high schools are ODing on fentanyl and other opiates.

You're an idiot. The DCUM crowd in particular would freak if any of these norms were enforced here. The key word being NORMS. Just today people are saying there's nothing wrong with poly and you do you when it's horrible for the kids.

Preaching to the choir. Average U.S. citizen is quite dumb. Yeah, we all know that.

Average US citizen is quite dumb, meaning they need strong societal norms to keep their civilization running smoothly. Yet some people including the crowd here insist on demolishing those norms because "you do you" and then wonder why the country is turning into 3rd world.

Anonymous wrote:This is what civilized countries look like, Americans:




Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.

No, certain parts of the US look like Brazil and Guatemala. I live in Old Town Alexandria, and we are far more like Japan than, say, across the river.

The people and culture are what make it dangerous, not the inanimate objects.

Anonymous wrote:This is what civilized countries look like, Americans:




Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.

Chicago is controlled by Republicans.

This is what civilized countries look like, Americans:




Let’s day Japan were underreporting violent gun crimes by 10x (lol, impossible). Guess what, Japan would still be >20x better in terms of gun crime. That’s how barbaric and uncivilized the U.S. is. 600% worse than even Canada. It’s not just school shootings. Just go read up on > 50 shootings in a single weekend like when July 4 rolls around in Chicago. Many more shootings and innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets simply due to handguns. US looks more like Brazil and El Salvador than they do with counterparts like Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the rest of the civilized world. But at least you supposedly have your freedumbz! (Meanwhile cops run over civilians with civil forfeitures). Freedumbz in the U.S. is such a hoax.