• superkret@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    I’ve been to 26 countries so far and really can’t say what my favorites were.
    My least favorite was the US.
    But it has to mentioned, I lived in northern Wisconsin without a car or driver’s license.
    The nearest grocery store was a Walmart 25 miles away.
    The only people my age within cycling distance were hardcore drug addicts and also gun nuts.
    Their idea of a fun prank was shoving an unloaded shotgun into my face and pulling the trigger.
    The only place to go out at all was a bar. People drove there with their trucks, got drunk, and drove back home.

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      4 months ago

      That is NOT the typical experience in the US

      In certain parts of Wisconsin, yes, but not the rest of the US.

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        4 months ago

        Gun nuts are everywhere in the us, a lot worser could happen to you in any state and its one of the reasons I’m glad I don’t live there and glad I wasn’t born there

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          4 months ago

          OK.

          As someone who has lived in multiple states I can confidently say that your preconceived notions about our country are not based on reality.