As an American, I'd say that's a completely fair assessment. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Carl Jokl <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would have to tread carefully hear as it is not my intention to > offend anyone in the US. I have thought about the US but firstly I > seriously doubt that I would be allowed to emigrate to the US > especially when unemployment is so high. > > In all honesty I feel like the US is a nice place to be able to visit > but would have concerns about wanting to live there permanently. > The US seems to be suffering from very much the same problems as the > UK. I know that the US was always a much more powerful > economy to begin with but going from one country with huge national > debt, high unemployment and some serious crime problems in some > areas to another country with huge national debt, high unemployment > and some serious crime issues. I am not really thrilled by the the US > love affair with guns but I could get over that. > > A lot of people in the US have the perception that everyone in the > world would be falling over themselves to want to live in the US but > honestly if it were just as easy to emigrate to the US as it was to > emigrate to Canada I would still rather go to Canada. This is not a > reflection on the people of the US as I have known a great number of > really good American people and particularly been impressed how some > of them are prepared to go out of their way to help people they hardly > know. I would assume California must be pretty nice as I don't see > otherwise why people would want to live en mass on top of a major > fault line. I have heard some horror stories though from some who > lived in the bad areas of California. I think many in the computing > world have a kind of spiritual home in Silicon Valley whether or not > they choose to live there. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
