JuanP wrote:
One random street view of one specific place is not representative of a nation in any way.
I could show you millions of views of the United States that are worse than anything you could possibly find anywhere in Uruguay, and I am not exaggerating; I mean that literally.
That is true. One sample is not enough. So I made a test. I randomly looked at 10 street view locations of montevideo and 10 street view locations of Chicago (I consider Chicago the fusion of a shit and a hell hole).
Of my random probing I found more streetviews of montevideo which made a shady impression.
I agree there are miserable places in the USA, but unless you know exactly where to look, it's hard to find them by chance. The well known towns of Camden or Gary come to mind. But even then you have to pick the street pretty carefully to find scary ones.
Unlike you, I actually know both countries very well. Have you ever been to Uruguay?
That's true. I hope to be able to go there sometimes. I once even inquired with the university in montevideo for a ph.d in engineering. My family didn't want to join me, so I dropped it. Maybe I should have forced them to go? I'm sure I would have loved the countryside, the city probably not so much.
Uruguay is NOTHING like Mexico in any way.
Same language, same religion, same style of concrete houses with bars in front of windows. It has a lot of similarities.
I have actually traveled across Mexico, too. Have you ever been to Mexico?
Yes. I've been to the rich tourist destinations as well as the poor mountain towns hardly accessible. I have family there. Pretty much subsistence farming in the mountains. It's a tough life. You wouldn't know anything about a tough life, would you? I hear you rich, coming from military junta who stole the money from the gents, and then had to exile to the US.
Your comment is full of falsehoods, inaccuracies, and lies, and doesn't contribute anything useful to the conversation. I would obviously be wasting my time if I continued this discussion, so as far as I am concerned you can keep your wrong, ignorant, inaccurate opinions.
You love Uruguay very much, I can tell. You go ballistic emotional on anything criticizing it.
You are a true latino. All emotions, little logic.