usa similar to oz?
Apr 4th 2008, 4:12 pm
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Re: usa similar to oz?
I often wonder about that. We don't qualify for Australia either but we do qualify for 1st priority green cards (EB1-C). We never dreamed we'd even make it in so the US was never on our shortlist of countries to emigrate to. It was on the wishlist but it was just that, wishing. I do find it funny that they'll let someone in to Aus because they are a hairdresser!
Apr 4th 2008, 4:32 pm
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Re: usa similar to oz?
Presumably, if you've never been to the US, why would it matter?
Additionally, if you HAVE been to the US and are formerly from the UK you will know that the US and UK are very different and so why would you expect the US to be similar to Australia?
Having never been to Australia, I can tell you that the US is very different to Australia... Why would I expect otherwise? It is hot in winter and cold in summer and yet santa still wears a big red coat... Wierd!
Apr 4th 2008, 5:47 pm
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Less than 20% is officially desert, with most being scrubland that has some agricultural use. The landscape ranges from mangrove swamps to Mediterranean to tropical to temperate with quite a lot of snow in the Alps in the winter. It has, I think, the lowest population density outside of Antarctica.
The US also has a varied climate, if not quite as varied as Australia's, although large central and SW areas of the US are flat and brown like parts of Australia. But you'd know that.
The main differences that I found is that Australians are less cynical than Americans, have a much better sense of humour, are more capable of original thinking and have a much better knowledge of the world outside their own nation. Australia also has a healthcare system, that most basic of measures of a civilised democracy, and much more annual leave. In addition to this it does not have the US's rather ridiculous obsession with automatic weapons and ammunition and also has superior pension arrangements. Finally, Australians are much more liberal in their attitude to most social matters. And there is much less crime. And pollution.
On the other side, America has a lot more going on in it, has more job opportunities, better pay and (some would disagree) lower taxes. Also, you get to visit cities like New York and Washington with relative ease, which is a bonus in my view.
Visually, I found very few differences, only the US is like a mirror-image because they drive on the right. Fewer bill-boards in Australia. Less in-your-face advertising in Australia. More koalas in Australia. US much more multi-cultural. Um. Cars the same, but more expensive in Australia. Fuel more expensive in Australia. Houses insanely more expensive in Australia - in fact in some cases prohibitively so. US is a republic, and Australia will be very soon. Um. More lard-arses in the States. Good customer service in both, I found. Less paranoia about the future in Australia. Both have armed police. More civil liberties in Australia. Um. Younger drinking age in Australia. Much, much less traffic in Australia. That's it. Can't think of any more.
The US also has a varied climate, if not quite as varied as Australia's, although large central and SW areas of the US are flat and brown like parts of Australia. But you'd know that.
The main differences that I found is that Australians are less cynical than Americans, have a much better sense of humour, are more capable of original thinking and have a much better knowledge of the world outside their own nation. Australia also has a healthcare system, that most basic of measures of a civilised democracy, and much more annual leave. In addition to this it does not have the US's rather ridiculous obsession with automatic weapons and ammunition and also has superior pension arrangements. Finally, Australians are much more liberal in their attitude to most social matters. And there is much less crime. And pollution.
On the other side, America has a lot more going on in it, has more job opportunities, better pay and (some would disagree) lower taxes. Also, you get to visit cities like New York and Washington with relative ease, which is a bonus in my view.
Visually, I found very few differences, only the US is like a mirror-image because they drive on the right. Fewer bill-boards in Australia. Less in-your-face advertising in Australia. More koalas in Australia. US much more multi-cultural. Um. Cars the same, but more expensive in Australia. Fuel more expensive in Australia. Houses insanely more expensive in Australia - in fact in some cases prohibitively so. US is a republic, and Australia will be very soon. Um. More lard-arses in the States. Good customer service in both, I found. Less paranoia about the future in Australia. Both have armed police. More civil liberties in Australia. Um. Younger drinking age in Australia. Much, much less traffic in Australia. That's it. Can't think of any more.
I've been to both and liked both although the fact Australian play rugby league tips it for me.
Apr 4th 2008, 5:49 pm
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Apr 4th 2008, 8:07 pm
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Apr 4th 2008, 8:18 pm
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Australia doesn't have any where near the kind of ethnic diversity that the US has, but that will change in the future I imagine.
USA
White 73.9% (most european ancestries)
African American 12.4%
Asian 4.4%
Native American and Alaskan Native 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
Other/multiracial 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 14.8%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C...-by-County.jpg
USA
White 73.9% (most european ancestries)
African American 12.4%
Asian 4.4%
Native American and Alaskan Native 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
Other/multiracial 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 14.8%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C...-by-County.jpg
Apr 4th 2008, 8:44 pm
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We don't say 'rego'
Apr 4th 2008, 8:50 pm
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Follow this LINK to compare the two. I've always found it great when having arguments such as which country has the highest gun crime rate per capita. Oops.....
I think the answer would be easy
