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[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 hours ago

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.

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago

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)

[-] flubba86@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I've only ever been out of the country one time.

My boss and I wrote a paper that got us invited to an international conference, that took place in Palermo, Sicily.

It wasn't high on my list of places I want to visit, but free overseas work trip to Sicily!

It was pretty disappointing in many ways. The whole time I was there I constantly felt like I was about to be robbed or scammed.

The taxi drivers are nuts, we were sure we were going to die multiple times just on the ride from the airport to the hotel.

The accommodation in the city was pretty cheap but most places had awful reviews, so we splurged and chose a 5 star hotel near the conference venue. It ended up being the equivalent of a 2 star back home. Mold in the bathroom, paint peeling off walls in the bedroom, exposed wires poking out of every electrical outlet. The hot water didn't work in the shower for 2 of the 4 nights we were there. At the buffet breakfast they served cold toast, warm yoghurt, and spoiled milk. You couldn't make it up. And that was the best accommodation in the city.

When we walked from the hotel to the conference centre, we were walking past piles of garbage that people just dump on the streets. Apparently that's a normal thing. There's nowhere else for garbage to go. Sometimes it gets picked up by the city collectors, usually it doesn't.

There were no pedestrian crossings, and cars don't stop at red lights. So the traffic is constantly flowing at full speed on all the roads. Often the only way to get to where you need to go is to walk out in front of traffic, don't make eye contact with any driver, look straight ahead, clench hard, walk sure, and change your underpants when you get to the other side.

It wasn't all bad. The food at the restaurants was amazing. I had some very good authentic Sicilian pizza. They serve cheap pints of Heineken at every restaurant and bar. If you like oily fish such as sardines, pilchards and anchovies, you're in heaven because it's their staple, they serve them on everything. The locals love cannolis and eat them like crack. They were served for desert at the conference, at the gala dinner, and at every restaurant we went to. I wasn't a fan of them.

I liked the novelty of being in a different country for the first time, but I wouldn't go back to Sicily again.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago
[-] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Australia. Not that it was wholly terrible. It just wasn't what I expected and I overcooked it by staying for 2 years.

To be fair, it could never have lived up to the super-positive stereotype it has here in the UK.

We think of Aussies as fun-living, friendly, witty, laid-back beautiful people who are down to earth yet somehow savvy and open-minded. They love a drink and a BBQ and have a 'live and let live', inclusive attitude. Basically everything we Brits would love to be if we weren't so repressed.

I think this cliche comes from a cross between Crocodile Dundee and through meeting the thousands of charming Aussies who end up working behind bars when they visit the UK in their youth.

Also, with the British weather being what it is, we imagine anywhere with a sunny climate would encourage people with a similarly sunny disposition.

Anyway, I'll spare you the details, but having travelled extensively throughout Australia - well beyond Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane - I found little of the stereotype I'd expected and quite a lot of the opposite.

I did meet some great people, but they were mainly Irish 🤣

[-] princessnorah 4 points 8 hours ago

Yeah I mean, we've been heavily influenced by the US and UK historically, so we have a deeply racist disposition. Our treatment of Indigenous Australians is as much of a blight on our history as it is for other English-speaking nations like the US, Canada and South Africa. I do still strongly believe we're doing better in a lot of ways, for example we've started using indigenous place names, acknowledging traditional land ownership and other steps. But we're far from perfect, and if you come here with that conceptualisation then you'll definitely be disappointed.

[-] thepompe@ttrpg.network 1 points 9 hours ago

Understandable.

I know a few Australians and they are racist and nasty.

I know one who is kind, though.

[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 12 hours ago

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.

[-] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

"Never again" is stronger than I'd put it but we probably won't be vacationing in France again because god forbid a guy doesn't want to eat animals.

Edit: for some positivity, I loved every trip to Germany and also Austria, the latter so much in fact that we went to live in Vienna for a short time. If not for my partner I'd move right back.

[-] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago

Yugoslavia, can't, no longer exists.

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 61 points 23 hours ago

People's Republic of China.

Was born there, probably ain't ever going back.

So much conservatism, patriarchy, toxic masculinity, ableism especially against people with mental illness or intellectual disabilities, even if the condition was mild.

Massive government corruption, inadequate safety regulations, when it come to the internet and press, those get censored, can't even have fun watching foreign media.

Complete lack of understanding for people suffering with depression nobody take it seriously, spritualism is applied to medical issues.

Hukou system limiting the very little rights you have. (I had a rural Hukou and that sucks)

To top it all off, this is a country that have rejected me for being the 2nd child born in my family (during the One Child Policy). Legal papers were denied, the government effectively refused to ackowledge my existence and demanded/extorted a large amount of money, a "fine" they call it. My parent's didn't have it so it took several years of saving up for it, before I could get legal papers and legal recognition of my existence. (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heihaizi)

When I was a kid, I didn't know it at the time, but when my mother explained my origins, I feel like society basically just rejected me. An outcast, an anomoly, something that shouldn't have existed. All for the sin of existing without a government permission-slip.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

Wow. I always thought if id been born in China that would be one of the worst developed places to be. Thats unfortunate but glad you got out

[-] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Why do people shit on the sick and disabled, but revere doctors?

When the former is the only reason for doctors to exist in the first place. Shouldn't we laud sick/disabled people in a sense for allowing an entire respected field to exist?

If you're going to shit on them, then shit on the people who are trying to help them, too. Be consistent.

[-] Truscape 4 points 18 hours ago

Hope you are living better wherever you moved to. I'd buy you a drink if I could.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago

You are a miracle. Bless you for existing. Mother Earth knows no borders, she knows only life and rebirth. You are life. You are her. Together, we are the Earth. ❤️ You are not unwanted.

[-] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Genuinely excited to visit the homeland. Then I saw this today. A little less excited.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago

If shit keeps going the way it is, the US.

[-] Truscape 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Any good places for a dual citizenship application outside of the US? Asking for a friend.

[-] vateso5074@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

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.

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

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

It has to be a real marriage tho, like you have to be actually in love and not just doing it for the sole purpose of immigration benefits (otherwise it could be considered fraud).

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

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

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 21 hours ago

came to say if I ever leave the us I aint comin back.

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Generally? Haiti.

[-] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 23 points 23 hours ago

Vatican. Once you’ve visited it there’s not much reason to go back.

[-] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 21 points 23 hours ago

South Korea.

It was fine. Lots of people spoke English and there was lots to do and everyone was nice.

But after being in Seoul for two hours I was like: "oh".

It felt just like America with more statues. I'm sure there is lots more to do and see that is more essentially Korean than Seoul was, and while I don't have anything against it, I just couldn't see making the effort to go back again given how familiar it all felt being from North America.

I don't have a single bad thing to say about the country or my time there, but there are so many places in the world I'd love to see I don't think I'd make the effort again.

Japan on the other hand.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 19 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] capuccino@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Always has been the US. I've never been there, and I do not want to be there.

[-] Phineaz@feddit.org 24 points 1 day ago
[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 13 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 11 points 23 hours ago

Big In Bruges energy

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

[-] IWW4@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day 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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