adatesman
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jun 26, 2010
- Location
- Philadelphia Metro
Seems "Ugly American Syndrome" reared it's head in KPotter's thread about his BIL moving to SA, and I have to say reading the responses makes me ashamed to be an American. No, "Christians, Jews, and Americans" are *not* "on the menu there". Hate to tell you, BigHoss, South Africa is about as far from the Middle East as Panama from the tip of Argentina, and geopolitical strife in the Middle East has little to no impact on SA. Lemme guess... Talking out your ass while never actually been there, huh?
Jeez.... I know the Mercator Projection distorts things on a map, but confusing opposite ends of a continent????
Interesting fact: Slaves in South Africa were not the native Africans, but imported Indians. Which is where Ghandi got his start. History and geography are important, and hot damn do some of the responses in that thread make me embarrassed to be an American.
Anyway, lots of bad info in your (now closed ) thread, KPotter, and best to ignore 90% of it. It 'a no different than any other economically depressed industrial city, and frankly I felt safer in Jburg with the private armed security with a guaranteed response time than I do in Baltimore with "cops might show up ". Yes, there were walls with broken glass embedded on top and razor wire. I see the same thing here in the US every day.
That said, no way in hell I'd move to Jburg. It's basically a sprawling industrial wasteland in the middle of nothing. Other parts of SA, sure. Beautiful country with lovely people, no better and no worse than anywhere else.
Jeez.... I know the Mercator Projection distorts things on a map, but confusing opposite ends of a continent????
Interesting fact: Slaves in South Africa were not the native Africans, but imported Indians. Which is where Ghandi got his start. History and geography are important, and hot damn do some of the responses in that thread make me embarrassed to be an American.
Anyway, lots of bad info in your (now closed ) thread, KPotter, and best to ignore 90% of it. It 'a no different than any other economically depressed industrial city, and frankly I felt safer in Jburg with the private armed security with a guaranteed response time than I do in Baltimore with "cops might show up ". Yes, there were walls with broken glass embedded on top and razor wire. I see the same thing here in the US every day.
That said, no way in hell I'd move to Jburg. It's basically a sprawling industrial wasteland in the middle of nothing. Other parts of SA, sure. Beautiful country with lovely people, no better and no worse than anywhere else.