Get real!
Crime? try getting shot at because you cut off someone on the road.
Food? have you dinned at you typical college campus cafeteria?? cleanliness.. yea right!
* I've lived in the US & in South America for over 20 years..
> I've lived in the US & in South America for over 20 years..
There are 3rd world countries outside of the Americas.
> Get real! Crime?
One of my really good friends was killed in an open market in Columbia. I've had two family members who were kidnapped, as well as family friends and friends who were as well. These are things I don't have to worry about as much in the US if at all.
That doesn't even count the 'mundane' crime where people just rip out necklaces from someone you know as they're stepping out of a cab... These are not things most people, who don't have some connection to a 3rd world country, are familiar with or in some cases even remotely aware of.
There's also a reason many houses of The Haves in 3rd world countries resemble fortresses.
It also doesn't help my viewpoint when we go out about town, whenever I go back home, we need several heavily tinted cars (all with drivers), of which we only ride in one, while the others serve as decoys.
Given the economy, even places that used to be alright in the 3rd world, are now becoming dangerous.
> have you dinned at you typical college campus cafeteria??
It may be dirty, but normally you won't end up in the hospital, nor are you throwing up for a weekend after one meal.
No, I'm not. The difference is that 1st world countries have a much larger middle class, where in the 3rd world you're either privileged or so poor that you have to worry about being able to eat. It's also relatively easier to move up the economic ladder in the US. Consequently in places like the US, there are a lot more places that are relatively safe and people who are wealthy can easily blend and walk amongst the general population if they wish. If you're well off in a 3rd world country, you can't do simple stuff like that (without say bodyguards) or you're asking for trouble. You can't even drive a nice car without being targeted It's not normal when the fear of someone you love getting kidnapped or hurt is a real semi-daily possibility. It's not normal to have an endless sea of orphan child beggars. It's not normal to live in a freaking fortress just to be safe. I can go on and on.
There are many subtle things that people in 1st world countries take for granted.
Nonsence! why do you have to go to the extremes? The fact is by my personal experience an average software developer (the person the article talks about, not a millionare, not a begger) can perfectly live in a 3rd world country (like, most of south america) by following simple common sence safety rules that apply to the whole world.
I am not sure what your 3rd world experiences have been, but sounds like you where on either of those two extremes and had some sort of traumatic experience.
Your username is particularly appropriate. Of course there is crime everywhere. There's probably even crime in Antarctica. But it's totally nonsensical to claim that a place like, say, Johannesburg, is no more dangerous than Texas.
Have you "really" lived in Argentina?? The article is not about a developer going to a shanty town in Johanneseburg or a favella in Brazil! it is about a developer going to a nice area of Argentina where kids who can afford computers can be developers but still work for less as they have a lower cost of living.
I wouldn't be too harsh. The guy/girl probably just has a lot of pride and love for their country which is understandable. I also doubt that he's lived in the US or a 1st world country beyond say 1 month, if not at all.
Harsh is ok.. condescending is worse, specially when "I should be the one doubting that you have lived in the US or a 1st world country beyond say 1 month, if not at all. "
Lived 20 so years in the US, 20 so years in South America, and traveled to Asia & Europe. In my whole life I been mugged a whooping 3 times, most scary one in south Dallas in plain daylight.
My points are simple:
1. Following simple common sense safety rules it is not terribly dangerous to live in a third world country.
2. You won't get sick from eating in a decent places in a 3rd world country any more than getting sick from eating at your regular cafeteria.
I don't think I'm being excessively harsh, because he/she is blustering inaccurately about something that can be confirmed with a quick Wikipedia lookup.
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Get real! Crime? try getting shot at because you cut off someone on the road. Food? have you dinned at you typical college campus cafeteria?? cleanliness.. yea right!
* I've lived in the US & in South America for over 20 years..
> I've lived in the US & in South America for over 20 years..
There are 3rd world countries outside of the Americas.
> Get real! Crime?
One of my really good friends was killed in an open market in Columbia. I've had two family members who were kidnapped, as well as family friends and friends who were as well. These are things I don't have to worry about as much in the US if at all.
That doesn't even count the 'mundane' crime where people just rip out necklaces from someone you know as they're stepping out of a cab... These are not things most people, who don't have some connection to a 3rd world country, are familiar with or in some cases even remotely aware of.
There's also a reason many houses of The Haves in 3rd world countries resemble fortresses.
It also doesn't help my viewpoint when we go out about town, whenever I go back home, we need several heavily tinted cars (all with drivers), of which we only ride in one, while the others serve as decoys.
Given the economy, even places that used to be alright in the 3rd world, are now becoming dangerous.
> have you dinned at you typical college campus cafeteria??
It may be dirty, but normally you won't end up in the hospital, nor are you throwing up for a weekend after one meal.
So? you are saying there is no crime in Texas/US/1st world countries ??
No, I'm not. The difference is that 1st world countries have a much larger middle class, where in the 3rd world you're either privileged or so poor that you have to worry about being able to eat. It's also relatively easier to move up the economic ladder in the US. Consequently in places like the US, there are a lot more places that are relatively safe and people who are wealthy can easily blend and walk amongst the general population if they wish. If you're well off in a 3rd world country, you can't do simple stuff like that (without say bodyguards) or you're asking for trouble. You can't even drive a nice car without being targeted It's not normal when the fear of someone you love getting kidnapped or hurt is a real semi-daily possibility. It's not normal to have an endless sea of orphan child beggars. It's not normal to live in a freaking fortress just to be safe. I can go on and on.
There are many subtle things that people in 1st world countries take for granted.
Nonsence! why do you have to go to the extremes? The fact is by my personal experience an average software developer (the person the article talks about, not a millionare, not a begger) can perfectly live in a 3rd world country (like, most of south america) by following simple common sence safety rules that apply to the whole world.
I am not sure what your 3rd world experiences have been, but sounds like you where on either of those two extremes and had some sort of traumatic experience.
Your username is particularly appropriate. Of course there is crime everywhere. There's probably even crime in Antarctica. But it's totally nonsensical to claim that a place like, say, Johannesburg, is no more dangerous than Texas.
Talk about clueless!
Have you "really" lived in Argentina?? The article is not about a developer going to a shanty town in Johanneseburg or a favella in Brazil! it is about a developer going to a nice area of Argentina where kids who can afford computers can be developers but still work for less as they have a lower cost of living.
I wouldn't be too harsh. The guy/girl probably just has a lot of pride and love for their country which is understandable. I also doubt that he's lived in the US or a 1st world country beyond say 1 month, if not at all.
Harsh is ok.. condescending is worse, specially when "I should be the one doubting that you have lived in the US or a 1st world country beyond say 1 month, if not at all. "
Lived 20 so years in the US, 20 so years in South America, and traveled to Asia & Europe. In my whole life I been mugged a whooping 3 times, most scary one in south Dallas in plain daylight.
My points are simple: 1. Following simple common sense safety rules it is not terribly dangerous to live in a third world country. 2. You won't get sick from eating in a decent places in a 3rd world country any more than getting sick from eating at your regular cafeteria.
I don't think I'm being excessively harsh, because he/she is blustering inaccurately about something that can be confirmed with a quick Wikipedia lookup.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentiona...
Ahhh... Wikipedia vs real life experience!
I rest my case.