MohsinSAG

All the guyz here are my favourite in US.

tonrob

Thank you, and welcome to British Expatz.

MohsinSAG

Thank you for the Warm Welcome.

cjreisen

Not really, the US debt per capita is relatively low at around $48,000. Compare that to the UK at $143,000 or Luxembourg at $3,700,000. Also, the Netherlands, Monaco, Ireland, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, and Denmark all have debt per capita at over $100,000 per person. So by saying the US will go bankrupt, you also imply all the previously named countries are twice as likely to go bankrupt.

Bob

And there by missing the whole point... :/

Steve_

And you seem to have assimilated to the US mindset about Canada. Americans seem to like saying how superior they are to Europe etc. and the basis of that argument is their superior culture supposedly, but Canada is on the same continent so you are largely comparing apples with apples in that scenario. Canada is far from perfect but it's in better shape than the US generally speaking.

Oh yeah, the lack of access to decent news coverage in the US is another thing that gets on my nerves, the only way of getting any proper TV news seems to be to DVR BBC news when it comes on at 5am in the morning.

http://opinion.financialpost.com/201...s-is-bankrupt/

But I suppose ignorance is bliss, so perhaps that is the best thing about living in the US.

Steve_

There's more to it than national debt per capita, read that FP article I linked to. One of the main points is that the USD is the main currency used internationally, if that changed (which China is trying to do) then the cost of living in the US would rise quite dramatically.

One of the principle reasons prices are higher in Canada is because of the exchange rate risk, because suppliers want USD, so you have to buy them first - however there is more to it than that, because the Canadian dollar might lose value after you import the goods, so the price has to be padded to take on that risk. This is true in most countries, but not the US.

Basically what it boils down to is that US national debt is whatever the Federal Reserve and Congress says it is, because they have more tools available to them to manipulate it than in other countries, due to the popularity of the US dollar. If it was as popular as say, the Canadian dollar or Sterling, the US economy would go completely off the rails. A lot of the US national debt is hidden by manipulations of the social security trust fund and so on.

The national debt stated in other countries is a truer picture of how indebted that country really is.

Steve_

Do you watch the TV show Fringe? And they travel to an alternate universe? That's sort of my feeling when I cross the 49th parallel.

Imnothavinit

Yes, the people are much better here

TKO

I love the fishing and hunting and the ease of access to both.

I adore my F150.

The weather is brilliant. I can have a bbq or get the electric smoker out as often as I want.

I love not hearing Rangers scum abusing Celtic scum in the streets, and vice versa. That being said - happy to see the ever-increasing interest that FOX and ESPN have in the beautiful game.

I love how my 3 bedroom, two garage house cost about the same as what my 2 bedroom flat did back in Perth.

I love the NFL. Funnily enough, I miss the old SKY studio guys.

Tailgating is awesome, be it at a NASCAR race or College Football game.

I adore the Alabama Crimson Tide.

It's good here. You just have to want to enjoy it.

Jerseygirl

OMG that has to be the funniest post ever.

ian-mstm

Here? Where is here? Do you mean the US? Which state? Which area of the state? And "much better" than where? Your response would be more believable if you were a bit more specific.

Ian

Imnothavinit

San Jose, California

cjreisen

Why are you such a downer?

Jerseygirl

If you're going to get upset every time we post something negative about the US you're in for a rough ride. There must be loads of website for Americans to visit where you can all agree that everything about this country is the biggest and bestest in the world.