• Strlcpy@1@lemmy.sdf.org
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    “Never again” is stronger than I’d put it but we probably won’t be vacationing in France again became god forbid a guy doesn’t want to eat animals

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    1 year ago

    I don’t have a desire to go back to the UK. Don’t have anything against the place, there isn’t anything there that entices me. Of all the European countries I visited I found it the most boring.

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        I don’t know what more too say to you. Nothing entices about going to the UK. If I am going to spend the resources to go to another country it won’t spend those resources on a UK trip.

        • France
        • Italy
        • Mediterranean Sea Cruise
        • Germany

        Are the European areas I would spend time and money seeing.

        I live in the US so I don’t know what to say to you about that.

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          As somebody from the UK I understand your original comment but putting Germany on this list is interesting – I find German and UK culture to be very similar.

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            Culture isn’t a factor for me.

            Why Germany is on my list:

            • The bars and restaurants in Germany are orders of magnitude better than the UK.
            • There are a lot less assholes in Germany
            • I once lived there and it would be interesting to revisit those places.
            • They drive on the correct side of the road.
            • Germany women are a lot more approachable.
            • canofcam@lemmy.world
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              All subjective and I’m not going to disagree with you. I hope if you ever do find yourself back in the UK that you have a more enjoyable time.

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                1 year ago

                All Subjective…

                Of course the list of places that I want to visit is subjective…

    • Encephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win
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      Keeps going? I’ve been avoiding it for decades and I can see it from my porch.

      Last time I visited the customs office emptied out into a literal ghetto. Like, an entire 4 blocks of ought-to-be-condemned housing with rusted out patchwork wrecks abandoned in yards and on the street (or worse following behind you). The corner gas station had more security features than most prisons in Canada, and every street sign had numerous bullet holes. That was their welcome mat 2 decades ago. F that shithole country.

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        Plenty of options, but you’ll be hard-pressed to target something specific without both skills and money.

        The easiest option available to many Americans is to see if you can prove ancestry from a country with jus sanguinis citizenship that you have a direct link to. Some countries need it to be within a generation or two, other countries don’t have a specific cutoff point. But anticipate a long, bureaucratic process and costs to have documents translated.

        The other easiest option is to marry a citizen of another country and move there together. But good luck with that.

        But if either of those aren’t options, you’re going to have a hard time if you don’t have a college degree and don’t have experience working in a desired field.

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      I was thinking they were all fine enough, but actually you’re right. At least in the short term it doesn’t seem remotely worth it.

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      It’s been the US for me for over a decade. Never going back there, most likely. And I was only visiting.

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    I don’t have any “never again” countries because something bad happened. However, I find that a lot of Caribbean countries/destinations are pretty one and done for me.

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        You seem to be under the impression that this post is about travel experiences, which is reasonable but incorrect. The commentor you’re replying to has correctly deduced that this post is an opportunity for everyone to engage in the America Bad ritual and signal their tribal loyalty.

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    Kuwait. Got stuck there by taking Kuwait airways and being turned around due to a snowstorm at the scheduled stopover at Stansted. I swear in 2012 you could still see damage in the airport from the gulf war.

    Food was good, interesting looking place, but might be the least helpful people if you are a woman. They also wanted to confiscate our passports while we were there- no thanks.

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    There isn’t one. If I had to pick the one I want to revisit the least, I guess it would be Belgium. Nothing against Belgium, but Bruges aside it isn’t really the most interesting place to visit.

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      Big In Bruges energy

      I thought Bruges was super fucking cool, but I love the idea of hating on it like the movie does

  • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
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    The United States. I have zero interest in going to a country where I could get kidnapped by masked goons or have my phone stolen by the government for sharing memes they don’t like. I have no interest in going to a country where I could get shot and killed randomly by some whacko who had a bad day and decided to shoot up the place. I have no interest in going to a country where I could be charged thousands of dollars for getting hurt. And I have absolutely zero interest in giving my money to a fascist country that regularly threatens my country’s sovereignty and whose economy is on the brink of total collapse. That dumpster fire can stay down south, thank you very much.

    Every time I look at the United States and everything that’s been going on there, it only makes me more proud to be Canadian and ever more vigilant to prevent the same from happening to us. We have our problems, sure, but at least we have actual healthcare, no mass shootings, and no fascism.

    • I have no interest in going to a country where I could be charged thousands of dollars for getting hurt.

      Tbf, you can go to like half of the countries in the world and the heathcare is just as horrible, and the locals always try to scam you, so its not unique to the US.

      (But I don’t disagree with your other points)

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    I went to four different cities in China and at least a significant proportion of people seemed very selfish and out for themselves across the board, I’m not going to say never but it’s definitely at the bottom of my list of places to return to.