[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Comparing Texas to Cali is an impossible task .
Texas 26 million
Cali 38 million
the Los Angeles area 16.37 million
The bay area over 6 million .
You are comparing apples to oranges .
Lamb chop you have a great capacity to see things others can not . Hope that is good :)[/quote]
And to think last week we were comparing the US to Australia…[/quote]
I personally have never been there , that is one reason I stayed out of the conversation . I do hope to go soon 
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Comparing Texas to Cali is an impossible task .
Texas 26 million
Cali 38 million
the Los Angeles area 16.37 million
The bay area over 6 million .
You are comparing apples to oranges .
Lamb chop you have a great capacity to see things others can not . Hope that is good :)[/quote]
And to think last week we were comparing the US to Australia…[/quote]
But, But, But…if IT WORKS FOR THEM!![/quote]
Ha!
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Comparing Texas to Cali is an impossible task .
Texas 26 million
Cali 38 million
the Los Angeles area 16.37 million
The bay area over 6 million .
You are comparing apples to oranges .
Lamb chop you have a great capacity to see things others can not . Hope that is good :)[/quote]
And to think last week we were comparing the US to Australia…[/quote]
I personally have never been there , that is one reason I stayed out of the conversation . I do hope to go soon
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I’d avoid swimming in the Northern Territory if I were you.
I have been to Europe and judging fro what I saw , Germany , Belgium, Holland ,France and England . I saw what I perceived to be a lot less poverty. I did not see one homeless person . I bet I see a hundred a day here in PHX
I take that back I saw a couple of what I believe they refer to as Gypsies
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
I have been to Europe and judging fro what I saw , Germany , Belgium, Holland ,France and England . I saw what I perceived to be a lot less poverty. I did not see one homeless person . I bet I see a hundred a day here in PHX[/quote]
Just because you did not see them does not mean they don’t exist.
“However, Europe’s local governments must deal with the immediate consequences of this path of austerity. Levels of poverty and social exclusion have been growing: in 2013, almost 120 million Europeans, including 25 million children, live in poverty or are at risk of poverty.”
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
I have been to Europe and judging fro what I saw , Germany , Belgium, Holland ,France and England . I saw what I perceived to be a lot less poverty. I did not see one homeless person . I bet I see a hundred a day here in PHX[/quote]
Just because you did not see them does not mean they don’t exist.
“However, Europe’s local governments must deal with the immediate consequences of this path of austerity. Levels of poverty and social exclusion have been growing: in 2013, almost 120 million Europeans, including 25 million children, live in poverty or are at risk of poverty.”
http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/jun/10/local-government-europe-reduce-poverty[/quote]
dive down Van Buren in Phx and you could not hide them if you tried and they have tried on more than one instance
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
I have been to Europe and judging fro what I saw , Germany , Belgium, Holland ,France and England . I saw what I perceived to be a lot less poverty. I did not see one homeless person . I bet I see a hundred a day here in PHX[/quote]
Just because you did not see them does not mean they don’t exist.
“However, Europe’s local governments must deal with the immediate consequences of this path of austerity. Levels of poverty and social exclusion have been growing: in 2013, almost 120 million Europeans, including 25 million children, live in poverty or are at risk of poverty.”
http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/jun/10/local-government-europe-reduce-poverty[/quote]
dive down Van Buren in Phx and you could not hide them if you tried and they have tried on more than one instance
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I am not doubting you one bit.
@Maximus , I would have loved to go to the Eastern block Counties even Spain or Italy would have been great to , hopefully some day
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
I have been to Europe and judging fro what I saw , Germany , Belgium, Holland ,France and England . I saw what I perceived to be a lot less poverty. I did not see one homeless person . I bet I see a hundred a day here in PHX[/quote]
Just because you did not see them does not mean they don’t exist.
“However, Europe’s local governments must deal with the immediate consequences of this path of austerity. Levels of poverty and social exclusion have been growing: in 2013, almost 120 million Europeans, including 25 million children, live in poverty or are at risk of poverty.”
http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/jun/10/local-government-europe-reduce-poverty[/quote]
dive down Van Buren in Phx and you could not hide them if you tried and they have tried on more than one instance
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Drive down Quivera in Overland Park and you couldn’t find one for 30 miles. KS has no poverty!
Complains about comparing cost of living between CA & TX because of population… Then goes on to compare homeless seen in European tourist areas to that of single city in US, as if that makes any point but the CA & TX comparison can’t.
Sounds about right.
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
@Maximus , I would have loved to go to the Eastern block Counties even Spain or Italy would have been great to , hopefully some day [/quote]
You should go, I have been to Spain (and Italy of course).
If you go, go in the spring or fall. It’s cheaper, the weather is better, and you avoid the tourist crowds.
There is no perfect place to live, if there were, the whole planet would be fighting to get there.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Complains about comparing cost of living between CA & TX because of population… Then goes on to compare homeless seen in European tourist areas to that of single city in US, as if that makes any point but the CA & TX comparison can’t.
Sounds about right.
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Don’t do that, you are going to break the internet.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Complains about comparing cost of living between CA & TX because of population… Then goes on to compare homeless seen in European tourist areas to that of single city in US, as if that makes any point but the CA & TX comparison can’t.
Sounds about right.
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I was outside the tourist areas many times , In Paris I even searched out the seedy side of town
Beans I would venture to say , you have not been to EU. I was all over Amsterdam , Paris and London I did do quite a bit in touristy little Belgium towns , my favorite would Bruges Beligium cheap and beautiful
Oh Man, I just wanna smash my head against a brick wall!
What if someone chooses not to work? How would that be dealt with in Utopica? After all, I believe I’ve heard before that people are forced to work by the fact that their employers pay them. Can anybody really choose not to work?
What if someone chooses not to work but polishes his or her town’s manhole covers all day instead? Is that person not contributing to the good of society?
If you don’t accept that people have an absolute right to property(including their own body), then anything should count as work.
The woman down the street produces 13 children and decides to sit on her couch and watch television all day? She has produced 13 future workers and is conserving her energy in case of disaster. She wants to be ready to respond immediately.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Complains about comparing cost of living between CA & TX because of population… Then goes on to compare homeless seen in European tourist areas to that of single city in US, as if that makes any point but the CA & TX comparison can’t.
Sounds about right.
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I took Subways Trains and Buses every where never once used a taxi , that is pretty street level
I cut my grass once a week. I consider that work. Gimmie me the $15 bucks I deserve ($45 actually) ya dicks.
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Complains about comparing cost of living between CA & TX because of population… Then goes on to compare homeless seen in European tourist areas to that of single city in US, as if that makes any point but the CA & TX comparison can’t.
Sounds about right.
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I took Subways Trains and Buses every where never once used a taxi , that is pretty street level
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He was referring to the fact that you choose to not compare certain places and they you turn around and compare europe to the U.S.