Uk twitter discussing how Americans live a subpar life

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Why do these threads always turn so emotional :mjlol:
Because some brehs haven't traveled outside their country and take offence when someone challenges their limited worldview.

As I live in London and have visited New York both cities have their strengths and weaknesses.
 

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NY subway system has been in-operation since 1904. Consolidated in 1940. London's entire subway system was rebuilt after WW2.​

I dont know where you got this from but this is completely untrue. Like not factual at all, the tube was in use the entire ww11 and has been in constant use since.
 

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For the same reason @phcitywarrior mentioned, it’s easier to get put on but harder to move up becauses taxes alone Eat all your money but their taxes go a long way towards social programs compared to here. It’s a doubled edged sword

It's harder to move up due to corporate cultural differences. UK businesses have inertia and are cost conscious/risk-averse while being board/management centric the upside is shorter hours and longer vacations plus parental leave.

If you are young unmarried with no kids and market-orientated the U.S. can be amazing but a lot of British people actually move back home after sickness or making it big.
 
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If given the option, I guarantee you wouldn't move to UK over New York.

New York has

Better food
Better women
More cultures
Better weather
Better scenary
More tourists
More activities.


Gotta pay to play, but it's well worth it. I love how y'all consoling about 4.50 gas when an average gallon of gas in UK is $8/gallon:mjlol:

More cultures, what do you mean by that? More activities? More tourists :mjlol:

Cities with the most International tourists.
  1. Bangkok
  2. Paris
  3. London
  4. Dubai
  5. Singapore
  6. Kuala Lumpur
  7. New York
  8. Istanbul
  9. Tokyo
  10. Antalya
Source: TOP 20 Most Visited Cities in the World ✈️ (2022 Updated)
 

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Facts.
We practically have to finance the world police.Ukraine needs fighter Jets from Poland who has the front the bill. The US. They need arms and ammunition, who pays for that?

Fucc the UK those pompous b*stards got all that money why their teeth look like that.
Damn


This sounds personal. Is everything good at home bro?
 

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He ain’t wrong. The way America is built is terrible and we gotta have one of the worst public transportation systems in the world. Our railroad system is so damn outdated. But what do folks in the UK do for fun? That doesn’t include alcohol


We have the same options that they have in every major city pinky.
 

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I dont know where you got this from but this is completely untrue.

Historical facts are 'completely untrue' now?.....
My initial post said 'infrastructure'. YOU moved it to the subway and if you think the subways weren't damaged during the war......

Bethnal Green Tube Disaster: 'I tried to black it out'

Balham tube station after a German air raid, 1940 - Rare Historical Photos

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Historical facts are 'completely untrue' now?.....
2 tube stations do not constitute an entire network. We have 272 stations in the greater london area; hardly a drop in the bucket. The network is being constantly modernised yes because thats what they are supposed to do. It make sense to upgrade a network thats been up and running since 1843.

The tube was used as shelter during the war of course the Germans would attempt to bomb it, however like I said the damage you inferred is misleading and untrue.

ETA: one of your references is speaking of a Stampede at a tube station; so completely irrelevant to the point you are trying to make.
 

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2 tube stations do not constitute an entire network.

The bombing of London constitutes an entire network's INFRASTRUCTURE which includes the tubes and is the point of this thread.

Now, are you going to argue that London's ENTIRE INFRASTRUCTURE was not rebuilt after WW2?​
 
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I bet this nikka got black tea in his water bottle. Fancy ass nikka. I have a homeboy in London named Nigel. He said he went to school with creh and they used to throw crumpets and hit the nikka in the face for fun. Said he was scared to get off the trolley at his stop cause nikkas with nike tracksuits and balaclava mask would be ready to get on his ass. This is what I’m hearing from Nigel
What did he say that was wrong tho?
 

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The bombing of London constitutes an entire network's INFRASTRUCTURE which includes the tubes and is the point of this thread.

Now, are you going to argue that London's ENTIRE INFRASTRUCTURE was not rebuilt after WW2?​

Yeah because you are wrong. Most of the of the station exteriors that were built in the 1930s indicative by a certain design/ designer style are still standing and they are still the same in 2022. Apart from Balham, you have no horse in this race. In terms of infrastructure the buses and trams were mostly running. Sit this one out breh. You sound mad because my taxes go somewhere; of course they are going to update the network continually. That's part of living in a place where they update infrastructure.

Thats like you being mad cos you got to Macdonalds and the line is moving quickly and ppl are getting their orders hot and fresh.




This is very easy to google.



Were any Tube stations bombed in ww2?




On the night of October 14 1940, a bomb penetrated the road and exploded in Balham Underground station, killing 68 people.



Hardly decimating the tube system and underground infrastructure.



Keeping London moving
Above all the wartime contributions of London’s transport services, perhaps the most essential was their ability to keep the capital moving in the most challenging of circumstances. While doing their jobs in the Second World War, 426 staff were killed and nearly 3,000 injured. Yet despite air raids, an altered workforce, requisitioned vehicles and a lack of resources, the Tube trains, buses and trams still ran, and Londoners were still carried from A to B.
 
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DC is light years behind LA.... The fact that you pay based off how far you travel...and having rush hour fares :heh:

If it weren't for rideshare incentives + risking getting towed cause parking signs are a whole new language, people wouldn't even use it to the point of it being able to sustain itself.

DC Metro works efficiently only for the fact because the city is set up in a grid...and is only 68 sq mi.

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when I think back to how far i've travelled on just $1.25-$2.75 over the years... gotta appreciate what we have NYC brehs.:wow:
 

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Its true. Every time I go to NYC, I have to leave after a few days. As in, I start missing my clean, quiet and comfortable town.

The wealthy parts of NYC are beautiful but, the poor parts look downright third world. It makes you wonder why anyone would live there if they weren't rich or very stable financially.

which poor parts of NYC looks like the third world?:jbhmm:
 

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when I think back to how far i've travelled on just $1.25-$2.75 over the years... gotta appreciate what we have NYC brehs.:wow:
Yall lucky up there in NYC. Imagine living in Rockville and using the Red Line every weekday going into the city at rush hour. That's about $5.00 I think one way. I don't know how Metro has not been taken to task over that.
 
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