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Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by xenospn » Sat, Sep 03, 2022, 4:26 PM UTC

betwixthewires wrote: post #23

xenospn wrote: post #22

The American south would be in 3rd world territory (in some regards it already is) if it wasn’t attached at the hip to california and new york.

"The south" is a big, diverse place. Some places definitely resemble the third world, west Virginia is a prominent example, although it's not part of the south proper. And cities like Memphis have some major problems that are commonly attributed to third world countries. America by and large is a diverse place. There are parts of non southern states with third world tier problems. Both states you mention have problem…

I have been to 60 countries all over the world. You are factually incorrect. Exactly what part of japan, Norway or Australia resembles the third world?

Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by betwixthewires » Sun, Sep 04, 2022, 1:55 AM UTC

sophacles wrote: post #29

betwixthewires wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The south" is a big, diverse place. Some places definitely resemble the third world, west Virginia is a prominent example, although it's not part of the south proper. And cities like Memphis have some major problems that are commonly attributed to third world countries. America by and large is a diverse place. There are parts of non southern states with third world tier problems. Both states you mention have problem…

Oh well that means a broken water system is a good look for the capital of a state!

On this site you're supposed to try to have substantiative discussion. Could you try?

Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by betwixthewires » Sun, Sep 04, 2022, 1:57 AM UTC

xenospn wrote: post #31

betwixthewires wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The south" is a big, diverse place. Some places definitely resemble the third world, west Virginia is a prominent example, although it's not part of the south proper. And cities like Memphis have some major problems that are commonly attributed to third world countries. America by and large is a diverse place. There are parts of non southern states with third world tier problems. Both states you mention have problem…

I have been to 60 countries all over the world. You are factually incorrect. Exactly what part of japan, Norway or Australia resembles the third world?

I don't mean shitting in the streets. I mean that if you go to a town of 20 people, you're going to get one lane streets, potholes, people winning mayoral elections because their family voted, more pigs than people, lack of water treatment, etc. There are people in the far north of Norway that herd reindeer, live semi nomadically in yurts. This is not significantly different from how khazakh people live. Once you get rural, the distinction between first and third world becomes much much less evident.