Would you rather live in America or Japan?

United States of America or Greater Nippon?


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I've never been to Japan even though I would like to visit & hopefully will soon. I have to say that I wouldn't want to live in a big city in the US because big city life here is much different from what I hear about it places like Kyoto & Tokyo in a bad way. I am fairly content living in my small city along the Mississippi River but living in Japan is still something I have thought about
 
In my P.O.V. living in Puerto Rico is such a eeeeeeeeeeh!!!!

the "maceta" civilisation, irresponsibility with the people is at large, especially senior citizens, that nobody will ever take 1 second of their lives to spend it with them.

Crime rate is also at large, the police force, state and municipal(especially San Juan, Guaynabo, Hato Rey, and all other cities of the metropolian area) is self-corrupt. they're utilising the police guards to protect the drug cartels instead of the citizenship against crime, netherless that in the end of 1994, the Puerto Rican murder rate reached it's all time highest since 1973, and the State police administration by Pedro Toledo predicted that in any moment the record might break.

The disadvantage of my country is also education, the State's educational system was a total disaster due to the inept administration of the Minister of Education Rafael Aragunde, vague teachers, students behaving like drug catels hunting for innocent civilians, frequent vandalism, etc.

Driving in Puerto Rico is like having the grim reaper sitting next to you, reporting annualy 36.1 deaths for every 100,000 habitants. this might be the cause of frequent speeding(425km/h in a zone of 90km/h), no giving way to pedestrians, reckless lane changing, double parking, stopping in unauthorised areas, etc. As i suggested, the responsible driving ratio is a fatal 1:3, stating that for every responsible driver in the commonwealth, 3 negligent drivers are beside him. and that's all because no drver in the country is capable of obeying the driving code.

Also the data that depresses me, 49.5% of the population are homeless. no one, not even the state government could help the homeless.

Health management in Puerto Rico is also dangerous, the case of "fake doctors" is at large, doctors and nurses, try to obtain the licence by simply "cheating" the test, where the exam candidate tells someone to alter the answers whereas the answers were 100% correct. Healthcare insurance provided by the government is also self-corrupt, stating that the poor and the mid-class people will have absolutely NO access to healthcare services, that way, even healthy people die every 6 seconds.

Tax evasion is also persistent, nearly 65% of the population never file taxes by 15th April every year, and that causes the ministry of treasury to arrest that percentage of the population.

The government is also a mere but lethal danger to the people. with the self-corrupted legislation, administered by both Tomas Rivera Schatz and Jennifer Gonzalez, instead of creating new laws, they're opposing their duties, using the nation's funds for drugs, porn movies for children under 18 and 21, weapons, etc. and this is how they react to it's inhabitants 🔫

And therefore this is how i feel in my country :(
but all of that is gonna change when i land foot in Japan as the first Puerto Rican to acquire permanent citizenship, no matter what obstacle the constitutional monarchy might place me on the way.

As i said, Puerto Rico is 100% pure eeeeeeeeh!!!!!!!!!
 
I've never been to Japan. I live in Texas and love it. I've lived all over the US and have been to Mexico and the Caribbean (beautiful!) but I've always wondered what it would be like to live in Japan for a while.
And the Japanese girls are cute! :D
 
i have some students who live in japan ant they say that they love life in Japan. they sometimes also have these happiness attacks on the street and I cant stop smiling, and also allmost crying.
 
I'd rather live in Japan. It seems more free, funner, and safer there than here in the U.S. Besides, there are friends there that I'm looking for.:p
 
I'd rather live in Japan. It seems more free, funner, and safer there than here in the U.S.
Unless you are in the middle of ghettos in the USA, you would be fairly safe. When you are coming from the USA to Japan, there would be lots of things you need to adjust your bearing and tastes.
 
where i live it's quite comfy/safe most of the time, the bigger cities here are 'pretty' safe but they're really small compared to other major cities in other countries because belgium is so small. i go to london from time to time and i love it there, it's busy and i love taking metros and mixing in and become anonymous because there's so many people. people tend to think the attitude of people in big cities is rude and uncaring but eventho people always tend to be in a hurry they will stop and try to help of you ask them.
i've never been to a major city in japan (osaka, kyoto, tokyo) but am aiming to do so at the end of this year (starting off with tokyo).
i've never been to america but friends who have been to both osaka, tokyo and new york, los angeles say they felt much safer and comfy in osaka and tokyo even with the language barrier, the atmosphere is much more friendly and respectful overall. but i can't wait to find out for myself though, it's not all happy dappy environments but i hear it so often japan is a safer country than the states so there must be some truth to it. also the food, japan would win that from the states, easily. ;-)
 
Since im not from America and Japan, i would like to try living in both of these countries =]
 
You should go back to your home country in the west in you plan to raise childrent who not look like Japanese or at least Asian in Japan since he/she will get discrimination all over his/her live especially in school [ except of you send him in school full of westerner ].
 
I don't really know. In america, everything is so big and crowded. But I've heared about the metro's and trains and stuff in Japan. Is it really that terrible crowded?
But looking at culture, I prefer Japan. I love the music and Harajuku clothing.
 
been living in portland oregon, USA my whole life and its getting old, so if I was rich I would move to japan and come back when I felt like it

the only prob with japan is its freaking crouded in the some places, but I would rather be crouded and trust my neibors, than be living in this neiborhood and experience crime. I mean, there was a freaking drive by right across the street just a couple weeks ago. pisses me off
 
I would rather throw my self of the eath then to live in the U.S.A.
I have nothing agains Americans and i have met some pretty nice ones but I just hate the country and the mentality for the biggest part.

I prefer Japan because:

#1 I have been there.
#2 I like the mentality better.
#3 Lowest criminal score in the world.
#4 I can adjust to the Japanese culture quite well, but to the American?
 
I would rather throw my self of the eath then to live in the U.S.A.
I have nothing agains Americans and i have met some pretty nice ones but I just hate the country and the mentality for the biggest part.

I prefer Japan because:

#1 I have been there.
#2 I like the mentality better.
#3 Lowest criminal score in the world.
#4 I can adjust to the Japanese culture quite well, but to the American?

I think americans are more rough around the edges because life in most cities is rough.
I am always giving ppl ****, somtimes I am joking, sometimes I am not
its just the way I have become. probably has to do with being in america my whole life (im only 22 but still :D)

deep down I am a nice guy, but I have my own issues, which makes it hard
 
^ I know dear don't worry haha I know there are pretty nice ones too.
As for me, grown up in Europe (I am not saying that Europe is better) I grew up in a diffrent culture so often the American culture is a bit...shocking to me ^^;;
(not saying Japan is a perfect country lol)
 
^ I know dear don't worry haha I know there are pretty nice ones too.
As for me, grown up in Europe (I am not saying that Europe is better) I grew up in a diffrent culture so often the American culture is a bit...shocking to me ^^;;
(not saying Japan is a perfect country lol)

well, I think all men should be strong and kind at the same time, and not be afraid to say what needs to be said.
so many ppl are passive and just let anything go.
 
Well, I voted Nippon on that poll.
I'm not sure I could live here forever, and I've never walked the US's soil, so I can't really be a proper example.
But this is a coutry ( USA) I'll visit soon, it's just like my love for Japan, I could not explain why...
But lots of things are pretty easier than in France, wherein lot of things are prohibited, or simply too expensive, even unaffordable.
But I guess it's not the thread to talk about that country ( that I must say now I love)
 
Well, I voted Nippon on that poll.
I'm not sure I could live here forever, and I've never walked the US's soil, so I can't really be a proper example.
But this is a coutry ( USA) I'll visit soon, it's just like my love for Japan, I could not explain why...
But lots of things are pretty easier than in France, wherein lot of things are prohibited, or simply too expensive, even unaffordable.
But I guess it's not the thread to talk about that country ( that I must say now I love)

thats why america is great, you can find almost anything for a reasonable price (compaired to other countries)
 
USA is out of the question :P ...and I want to be in Japan for some years:haihai: but Sweden is my home and I want to have a good economic situation in Japan to stay there
 
USA is out of the question :P ...and I want to be in Japan for some years:haihai: but Sweden is my home and I want to have a good economic situation in Japan to stay there

the best thing about america is the freedom
you can own a gun if you want, you can own a truck without environmental wackos telling you "NO," you are not forced to recycle, and if you choose to, we only have 3 different bins, so its easy, etc etc etc.
just a lot less restriction than the rest of the world
 
the best thing about america is the freedom
you can own a gun if you want, you can own a truck without environmental wackos telling you "NO," you are not forced to recycle, and if you choose to, we only have 3 different bins, so its easy, etc etc etc.
just a lot less restriction than the rest of the world

Being a Canadian married to a Japanese, the choice is simple if those are the only two options. I understand Japan and the Japanese way of thinking much more than I do that of the USA.
 
Being a Canadian married to a Japanese, the choice is simple if those are the only two options. I understand Japan and the Japanese way of thinking much more than I do that of the USA.

yeah I think I can relate to japanese mindset a lot more than the american mindset
 
It's interesting to see what people deem safe. Japan has the most police officers per the number of population, but also it figures highly in international reports of unreported crime as well as a high number of confessions. I would say for violent crime (such as assaults), pretty safe. If you're a woman though, it's not as safe as the media plays it up to be.

Overall it's pretty good here, but there are times when it's worrisome, especially now in Roppongi where you can be subjected to random drug tests. Nothing like a police presence!
 
It's interesting to see what people deem safe. Japan has the most police officers per the number of population, but also it figures highly in international reports of unreported crime as well as a high number of confessions. I would say for violent crime (such as assaults), pretty safe. If you're a woman though, it's not as safe as the media plays it up to be.
Overall it's pretty good here, but there are times when it's worrisome, especially now in Roppongi where you can be subjected to random drug tests. Nothing like a police presence!

america isnt as bad as the media makes it out to be
however we ARE the melting pot. so many different ppl coming together causes strife
 
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