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cadoman

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18. it is rather amusing how foreigners perceive the US

Reply to Woodswalker (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 12, 2021, 01:14 AM

Dec 2021

I don't think their media ever properly convey how big and diverse it is, in all facets. You can go from opulence to destitution in a few blocks. Travel hundreds of miles of nothingness. Drive by hours of strip malls or forests. See swamps, deserts, mountains and everything in between.

The roads are pretty much universally unpleasant or boring to drive though. German roads are a pleasure.

My German friend was most impressed by: our meats, our sodas, and our weather.

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NYC or Moscow? [View all] cilla4progress Dec 2021 OP

Damn, that's awful! Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #1

I'll take my chances on the NYC subway instead gldstwmn Dec 2021 #2

A New Yawkah says thank you Drum Dec 2021 #5

New York or nowhere. gldstwmn Dec 2021 #8

Before Covid Woodswalker Dec 2021 #3

it is rather amusing how foreigners perceive the US cadoman Dec 2021 #18

Ah yes 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2021 #4

Evils??!! cilla4progress Dec 2021 #7

Sure that's not debatable 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2021 #10

No, the problem is getting support to put the money towards certain things more than lack of money JI7 Dec 2021 #13

Chambers Street station is in lower Manhattan Sanity Claws Dec 2021 #6

Someone in the Twitter thread iemanja Dec 2021 #9

Chambers St is a very active and big station... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #12

Then someone on Twitter lied. former9thward Dec 2021 #19

As A NYC'r many of our stations don't look so in disrepair... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #11

Most of Russia's train stations are still what they had from Soviet Union days JI7 Dec 2021 #14

I've been all over the world. WarGamer Dec 2021 #16

I agree , but it's because Republicans block efforts to improve it. Not because we can't afford it JI7 Dec 2021 #17

It's not just Moscow... WarGamer Dec 2021 #15

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