Where would you rather live the US or Sweden

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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    U.S.A.
    PJ_Soul said:
    What I LOVE about NYC is that all you have to do to have fun is step outside and walk around. The energy of the city and the people is palpable IMO, and everywhere you look something is happening, someone is doing something interesting, and if you feel like having a good conversation with someone or have a laugh or a weird moment, there is pretty much always an opportunity for that no matter where you happen to be. I can't imagine having a boring moment in that city.
    Agreed, the energy of the city is amazing.  It truly feels like the center of the universe when you're there, with every manner of people and language all within site.  It can be overwhelming.  A few years ago, I took my kids for a NE vacation, with NYC, Boston and Martha's Vineyard being the destinations.  I think NYC was sensory overload, especially Chinatown.  They actually liked Boston (and the North End) the best though.  While much smaller, Boston is a great city in the summer too.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,698
    JPPJ84 said:
    I‘m starting to think I missed the point of this thread, if it ever truly had one... wtf are you people on about?!
    It’s an American thing to always claim superiority over everyone else , I’ve lived here since 1971 this country has been great to my family but for my retirement I’m headed back to Chile 🇨🇱 ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited July 2019
    U.S.A.
    I’ve been to some awesome countries but I've also seen what this place can offer if you work hard.   I certainly was born into zero privilege and possess no privilege.  
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,567
    edited July 2019
    drank and drugged my way to homelessness almost 14 yrs ago now. 13 yrs later I went from 8.50 an hour at my first job in sobriety to now likely grossing 95k this year. AND in an industry I have always wanted to be in but couldnt cuz of the drinky drink.... will close out the year with 1 million miles driven professionally, all states from Minnesota south to eastern  Texas and all points east with the exception of Florida. Freight sucks in Florida.

    I was fortunate to have been born where I was..... not sure that kind of turn around is probable many other places......
    Post edited by mickeyrat on
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
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    mickeyrat said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Statesboro, Canada?  Statesboro, Sweden?  no.. oh yeah, Statesboro, GA! 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezPZxfS1jys

      now you've gone and done it.

    listening to the record on google music to start my night off down to cincy.....
    Fillmore East is an all time great concert.  Greg's vocals were so soulful and Duane just jams so effortlessly.  
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,567
    edited July 2019
    mrussel1 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Statesboro, Canada?  Statesboro, Sweden?  no.. oh yeah, Statesboro, GA! 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezPZxfS1jys

      now you've gone and done it.

    listening to the record on google music to start my night off down to cincy.....
    Fillmore East is an all time great concert.  Greg's vocals were so soulful and Duane just jams so effortlessly.  
    play music blows though. it puts every title in shuffle. cant find the setting to correct it. found it on Amazon music though.

    that specific iteration has  a 4 show run in it.  each night whipping post got longer hell most songs did......... final night has an intro by Bill Graham saying the night before they went on at like 3 or 330 and left at 7.....

    new early live coming out soon. Fillmore West I believe.....
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,499
    edited July 2019
    Canada
    mickeyrat said:
    drank and drugged my way to homelessness almost 14 yrs ago now. 13 yrs later I went from 8.50 an hour at my first job in sobriety to now likely grossing 95k this year. AND in an industry I have always wanted to be in but couldnt cuz of the drinky drink.... will close out the year with 1 million miles driven professionally, all states from Minnesota south to eastern  Texas and all points east with the exception of Florida. Freight sucks in Florida.

    I was fortunate to have been born where I was..... not sure that kind of turn around is probable many other places......
    I get this is the big koolaiddrinking pitch about the US. But why wouldn't it be?


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Anywhere other than planet earth
    josevolution said:
    JPPJ84 said:
    I‘m starting to think I missed the point of this thread, if it ever truly had one... wtf are you people on about?!
    It’s an American thing to always claim superiority over everyone else , I’ve lived here since 1971 this country has been great to my family but for my retirement I’m headed back to Chile 🇨🇱 ..
    Henry Rollins talks about really liking Santiago, Chile and discovering some cool bands from there like La Hell Gang and Föllakzoid.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,887
    U.S.A.
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mickeyrat said:
    drank and drugged my way to homelessness almost 14 yrs ago now. 13 yrs later I went from 8.50 an hour at my first job in sobriety to now likely grossing 95k this year. AND in an industry I have always wanted to be in but couldnt cuz of the drinky drink.... will close out the year with 1 million miles driven professionally, all states from Minnesota south to eastern  Texas and all points east with the exception of Florida. Freight sucks in Florida.

    I was fortunate to have been born where I was..... not sure that kind of turn around is probable many other places......
    I get this is the big koolaiddrinking pitch about the US. But why wouldn't it be?


    Or you could go with "hey Mickey, congratulations on turning your life around and the years of sobriety.  Glad you're here, we all know that isn't easy".  

    Your message was cool too though.  
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,567
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mickeyrat said:
    drank and drugged my way to homelessness almost 14 yrs ago now. 13 yrs later I went from 8.50 an hour at my first job in sobriety to now likely grossing 95k this year. AND in an industry I have always wanted to be in but couldnt cuz of the drinky drink.... will close out the year with 1 million miles driven professionally, all states from Minnesota south to eastern  Texas and all points east with the exception of Florida. Freight sucks in Florida.

    I was fortunate to have been born where I was..... not sure that kind of turn around is probable many other places......
    I get this is the big koolaiddrinking pitch about the US. But why wouldn't it be?


    interesting, its written to be open that I may be wrong. Acknowledges other places may have a similar track available(not having researched ,I wouldnt know. going off my experience) and isnt absolute in any of its sentiment. but somehow its seen as koolaid drinking. 

    Your obessive hatred of this country is quite evident. Let it go. And put your energy into getting laid. Seriously. Relieve some tension.
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,567
    always with the handout......


    sell your polluting garbage elsewhere....

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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,916
    edited July 2019
    Anywhere other than planet earth
    Money cant be the reason to live anywhere. There  are good and bad jobs  everywhere.  I say im very much in favour of mickeys work ethic and will power. Can we please be kind to eachother  this all keeps getting so negative  on every  single thread.  Sad to see
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  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    Sweden
    Sad and annoying to say the least! 
    I‘m seriously impressed you were able to turn your life around, Mickey! That couldn’t have been easy and I hope you enjoy your new lease on life!
    I honestly believe it would have been able in a lot of countries, but that’s not the point. It’s also not an insult when someone asks why you’re uncertain if it would have been possible somewhere else. No idea what koolaid is though.
    just calm down everyone!
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,567
    getting sober can happen anywhere in many ways.

    the earning a living part was the question for me.....
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,851
    U.S.A.
    josevolution said:
    JPPJ84 said:
    I‘m starting to think I missed the point of this thread, if it ever truly had one... wtf are you people on about?!
    It’s an American thing to always claim superiority over everyone else , I’ve lived here since 1971 this country has been great to my family but for my retirement I’m headed back to Chile 🇨🇱 ..
    It appears to be a Swedish thing too. And just about every country I’ve visited as well.  

    Why Chile? I’ve never been. Why have you picked it?
    hippiemom = goodness
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Anywhere other than planet earth
    cincybearcat said:
    josevolution said:
    JPPJ84 said:
    I‘m starting to think I missed the point of this thread, if it ever truly had one... wtf are you people on about?!
    It’s an American thing to always claim superiority over everyone else , I’ve lived here since 1971 this country has been great to my family but for my retirement I’m headed back to Chile 🇨🇱 ..
    It appears to be a Swedish thing too. And just about every country I’ve visited as well.  

    Why Chile? I’ve never been. Why have you picked it?

    na·tion·al·ism
    /ˈnaSH(ə)nəˌlizəm/
    noun
    noun: nationalism; plural noun: nationalisms
    identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

    It's a sorry trait of many people in many places.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,698
    mickeyrat said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mickeyrat said:
    drank and drugged my way to homelessness almost 14 yrs ago now. 13 yrs later I went from 8.50 an hour at my first job in sobriety to now likely grossing 95k this year. AND in an industry I have always wanted to be in but couldnt cuz of the drinky drink.... will close out the year with 1 million miles driven professionally, all states from Minnesota south to eastern  Texas and all points east with the exception of Florida. Freight sucks in Florida.

    I was fortunate to have been born where I was..... not sure that kind of turn around is probable many other places......
    I get this is the big koolaiddrinking pitch about the US. But why wouldn't it be?


    interesting, its written to be open that I may be wrong. Acknowledges other places may have a similar track available(not having researched ,I wouldnt know. going off my experience) and isnt absolute in any of its sentiment. but somehow its seen as koolaid drinking. 

    Your obessive hatred of this country is quite evident. Let it go. And put your energy into getting laid. Seriously. Relieve some tension.
    I’m sorry but I’ve been watching all these threads and I don’t get the snippy attitude towards SC at all or maybe I just don’t get it what has he done to anyone here ? And please I’m not looking for an argument or to have any threads closed ..
    maybe im the problem around here ! 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,698
    cincybearcat said:
    josevolution said:
    JPPJ84 said:
    I‘m starting to think I missed the point of this thread, if it ever truly had one... wtf are you people on about?!
    It’s an American thing to always claim superiority over everyone else , I’ve lived here since 1971 this country has been great to my family but for my retirement I’m headed back to Chile 🇨🇱 ..
    It appears to be a Swedish thing too. And just about every country I’ve visited as well.  

    Why Chile? I’ve never been. Why have you picked it?
    My birth place my roots are tugging at my emotional state as I get older ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,698
    brianlux said:
    josevolution said:
    JPPJ84 said:
    I‘m starting to think I missed the point of this thread, if it ever truly had one... wtf are you people on about?!
    It’s an American thing to always claim superiority over everyone else , I’ve lived here since 1971 this country has been great to my family but for my retirement I’m headed back to Chile 🇨🇱 ..
    Henry Rollins talks about really liking Santiago, Chile and discovering some cool bands from there like La Hell Gang and Föllakzoid.
    It really is a great city but with that comes good & bad as with any major cities , I’d prefer way up north or down south the lake region after all we have over 2thousand miles of pacific coast line ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Anywhere other than planet earth
    josevolution said:
    brianlux said:
    josevolution said:
    JPPJ84 said:
    I‘m starting to think I missed the point of this thread, if it ever truly had one... wtf are you people on about?!
    It’s an American thing to always claim superiority over everyone else , I’ve lived here since 1971 this country has been great to my family but for my retirement I’m headed back to Chile 🇨🇱 ..
    Henry Rollins talks about really liking Santiago, Chile and discovering some cool bands from there like La Hell Gang and Föllakzoid.
    It really is a great city but with that comes good & bad as with any major cities , I’d prefer way up north or down south the lake region after all we have over 2thousand miles of pacific coast line ..
    Nice!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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