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I am convinced bicycling is not safe
(I guess the US is only a 3)
Originally Posted by mlts22 It depends on the part of the US. Austin, you don't need gated communities. However, go to some other parts of the US, and a gated community with an armed guard at the entrances is a must. I'd give the US a 3, not because of where it is presently, but where its headed. In Columbia, college educations are not something one goes into major student loan debt for; they are considered an extension of high school. Other countries are the same way, where college is paid for by their governments. I also give the US a 3 because of its lack of a health care system. If despised nations such as Cuba and Iran can assure that their citizens get proper health care without bankrupting them and their family, why can't America do the same? Finally, I give the US a 3 because of the lack of improvements in communications and transport infrastructures. Instead of laying more fiber, all the telcos and cable companies either are, or will be soon charging by the bit. So, we are paying more for services as opposed to less as time progresses, and this is not do to inflation. Roads too. Take Austin. Most of its highways are proposed to end up as toll roads (and of course this doesn't mean your commute time gets shorter... just you pay 75 cents for the privilege of looking at another car's bumper going home.) *** See what I mean? I was being too soft on uncivilized behavior of all sorts. It sure seems to be heading down, but maybe, just maybe, Obama will change things... Well, I don't know but he's the last hope that we've got before Armageddon or the Revolution. Of course, I prefer the Revolution. |
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