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I find it hard to believe that Vermont Colorado and California even fit in with Western European standards considering the absolute lack of any useful public transportation in any of those states. Even NY only resembles Europe in NYC, upstate NY is some of the worst parts of the US to live in.
Oh wow. You cracked the case. The only thing that matters when comparing a city... Is public transportation. Wow! What a fucking revelation! I hope you get to be mayor. No, Supreme Leader of the World someday.
I mean if you wanna play this game, our public education also is not up to the standards of those countries, unless you're comparing to Bosnia instead of Germany for some odd reason. Yes, especially in those states you mentioned. Also those states are still subject to the American healthcare system. And those states, possibly excluding VT, have a much higher rate of poverty and homelessness than any developed nation in Europe. All of these things are enough to destroy your argument by themselves, but when added up you have no legs to stand on
But not all states have the same exact healthcare. And I'm not trying to measure dicks about about healthcare. I never brought it up, not once. It sucks because it's not free for everyone, I get it. We alllll get it. I didn't bring up homelessness. I see it daily. It sucks too. What fucking part of my comment don't you understand? What is so damn hard? It's like I say don't be a smug ignorant prick about America and it's people and then it's a string of reasons why America is the worst? What? Why? Was I saying America is the best place or is that what you wanted me to say, what every bitter and jaded asshole (besides me) wanted to hear so you could vent and bitch.
You literally said in your post that America is not that bad and that there's somehow a world of difference between different states, I'm just stating facts about how everything about those statements is bullshit. You can be mad about that if you want but you can't claim it's not that bad here when it's literally worse than every developed nation
Where do I say that
My fault, I didn't know I was talking to Yuri. Sorry for wasting my time talking to you
Here's one more comment to impotently downvote on your way out.