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Guess I must be lucky to be alive, having lived in and around Chicago for 50+ years and all... 
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Quote: personal safety
Are you kidding?
I have lived in five countries, England, Sweden, Germany, France and the US and in all but one of them I have felt fairly safe on a day to day basis... all of them except the US, actually. There seems to be a background threat of violence more often in the US than any of the other places I have lived (or visited, for that matter... although I don't plan on going back to Tunisia any time soon!) There are many areas I have been told, "don't go there after dark" and I see the police going around in pairs of cars, not just one policeman (with no gun) on foot like it used to be in England.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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From my perspective, where I moved from South Africa (where we never felt safe and had several guns in the house) to the USA, where I never even felt the need to own a firearm, the USA is a safe place. But of course you have unsafe areas that you have to avoid. It's just matter of using common sense. Thanks, but I am OK in the good ole USA!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
modified 30-Jun-17 18:14pm.
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Forogar wrote: It's all about the money! [money, money♫]
Different people have different motivations. Money for you (nothing wrong with it), safety for someone else, and quality of life for yet another.
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Did the first generation Americans not immigrate from Asia via the frozen Bering Strait during the last ice age?
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Nish Nishant wrote: ...others who move here and continue to think their previous country's the greatest in the world. Just don't get why they'd want to live here in that case.
I wholeheartedly agree. It's like they can't wait to leave their home country because of it's many pitfalls and shortcomings, but when they get settled in the states, they still want to continue with their old way of life. What they don't seem to understand is if they continue down that road, and others join, the US will end up just like the country they left! It's one thing to keep your heritage, but at some point you need to leave your "baggage" at the door.
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So from that statement I'm inferring you believe America is better than your previous country.
Surely it's not that black and white though?
Sport.
Food.
Firearms laws.
Are just three, I can think of from the top of my head where I (hope) you still think your previous country was better?
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You forgot to mention the previlage to announce July 4. 
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Member 12682271 wrote: previlage
...and let's not forget better spelling and grammar in general, for those who are anal about it. 
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You anal it.  The 100 year Brit colony really worked.
It tablet auto correct issue.
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Jagger B wrote: The 100 year Brit colony really worked.
 Excellent joke!
In case you were serious about that  , we Indians speak anywhere between 3 to 7 different languages on an average, and that could include complex languages like Tamil, which has 247 letters. Learning a relatively simple language isn't hard for the vast majority of us.
Yes, the Limeys parked up here for a while, but there's nothing that they've "given". It was all take, take, and take.
Jagger B wrote: It tablet auto correct issue.
Auto-correct would generally fix typos, not introduce typos. In case you were mentioning that auto-correct wasn't working and you were relying on it for spelling, that was kind of my point. Anyways, have a nice day. Or have another gloomy day in case you're in London or something.
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Quote: Yes, the Limeys parked up here for a while, but there's nothing that they've "given".
Atleast they thought you how to ccorrect english spelling. Now you parked here, in codeproject and preach what they thought you.
<shakehead>acha acha </shakehead>
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Auto-correct would generally fix typos, not introduce typos
Suppose to, but not always exact match. Atleast in my tablet.
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The only thing the Limeys "thought" of was to make lemon juice.
Your confidence in writing, albeit the writings riddled with typos is absolutely hilarious. Your lack of historical knowledge makes it even better. Keep the incredulous entertainment coming.
Or take a few lessons from the Limeys yourself.
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I never imagined that a casual joke post would turn out to be a bit of a flame-fest
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Quote: Your confidence in writing, albeit the writings riddled with typos is absolutely hilarious. Your lack of historical knowledge makes it even better. Keep the incredulous entertainment coming.
Head shake[^]
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I agree - it's not as black and white as that. I don't believe any one country or region can claim accurately to be the greatest in the world. But once you move to a country and naturalize, I believe that should be your first country - even if you continue to have warm feelings for your previous country.
There are folks who move here and continue to dislike the country. I just find those people to be extreme hypocrites.
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At first I was glad to see your happy but then all I saw was your  face. So I went to get some ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) and now I am  .
I think later today I will  so that I am not so  when the wife comes home asking me all kinds of questions about who know what.
Cheers.
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LOL - started drinking early today on account of the long weekend?
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No, I just thought the mild banter between joke and rant icon was funny. I should be drinking though, now that you mention it, but alas, I do not drink anymore these days.
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If for no other reason, any country that dresses their soldiers in bright red for their battle uniforms is definitely worth keeping an arms-length (and ocean width) away.
And the economic policies may have played a part in that Brexit, too.
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Interesting angle on it.
The US war of independence was the English Civil War part II IMO.
At least if you view it in its idealised form. If you view it somewhat more realistically is just a land grab.
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You know, some really good fiction is written about how things would have turned out if James II was forced to flee to the American Colonies in 1688 instead of France; re-establishing of the Throne of England in the New World.
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As a Catholic he was drawn to his despotic pals on the continent. THe protestant colonies in the AMericas would not have wanted him.
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Nish, my grandmother emigrated from Scotland as a child to Canada, I emigrated from Canada to the USA as an adult.
I tell the kids I work with (grade 1 to grade 6): if you live in this country, respect the American flag. Even if I'm not a citizen, this country is where I call home.
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Excellent attitude. Respect.
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