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No Place like home

Nik H

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  • Jan 22, 2014
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    Well...just got home from a 12 day trip

    RI - > San Francisco - 5 days
    SFO -> Shanghai/Suzhou China ->LA-> RI - 7 days

    All I can say is you can keep SFO...it is a complete and utter shithole....fucking crowded and full of people that are in need of some serious reality checks imposed into their lives. City is a shamble. Homeless and dirty vagabonds (hobos) inhabit a lot of places. Drugs are rampant and I'm not talking about pot. Lots of begging for money. However, the rank and file seem to be uncaring about it. There is definitely a significant division of wealth. Dirt poor through super wealthy.....crying shame as there is a lot of history there.

    Shanghai and China in general was very different with respect to its acceptance of Americans since the last time I was there which was about 8 years ago. Quite frankly, they think Trump will go to war. They are definitely afraid of him; even the business people that I went to see. I found it really difficult to keep the smirk from showing.

    The greatest thing was flying into LAX from China and seeing Trump's face when it used to be Obummer....started laughing my ass off.

    Glad to be back in my small town and home where many of the problems I heard about are absent.

    We are definitely WINNING despite what MSM is portraying
     
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    Funny Nick, I am moving back into a job where I will be owing some travel. I might retire early because of it.

    It is good to have a president that has more balls than a crackhead ain’t it.

    It certainly is great.

    I left my last position because I was traveling about 250K miles per year and I was doing it for almost 10 years. It wears on you....this is my first long trip in a year and I don't expect to make many. I envy the trip you're on now. Some day I will also do a similar one
     
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    From what some west coast friends have been telling me all the cities are like that...Seattle, Portland, and on south. I didnt see it in san diego when I was there but its been 4-5 years.

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    Seattle

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    Portland

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    Welcome back and thanks again! I was in Northern Mexico (Kanadia) (( Canadianistan)) recently and the snow mexicans are afraid too! It's fucking fantastic!
    We may have our idiotic populace who votes for the "wrong puppet", just the same as you. But don't take that to mean that the whole of the populace is the same.

    Just like yours is diverse too.
     
    From what some west coast friends have been telling me all the cities are like that...Seattle, Portland, and on south. I didnt see it in san diego when I was there but its been 4-5 years.

    San Francisco
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    Seattle

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    Portland

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    Your SF picture doesn't lie but it is far worse in person. Squalor and smell strewn everywhere in front of multi-million $ condos or houses. Fucking crazy.

    My oldest son who works for Rockwell just left Portland to come home. He got a transfer to Rockwell in MA. His reasons are pretty much in alignment with the picture you posted.
     
    From what some west coast friends have been telling me all the cities are like that...Seattle, Portland, and on south. I didnt see it in san diego when I was there but its been 4-5 years.

    San Francisco
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    Seattle

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    Portland

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    I was in San Diego a few weeks ago. It doesn't look like the filth has descended upon them YET. Hopefully the good folks in San Diego will nip that problem in the bud if it starts appearing there. (IMO, it is one of the few decent places left in CA.)
     
    We may have our idiotic populace who votes for the "wrong puppet", just the same as you. But don't take that to mean that the whole of the populace is the same.

    Just like yours is diverse too.


    I know Sean, I actually have a few good canuckian friends from the dart world (I used to play at an international level) and we have quite a good time ribbing each other.

    You may say we are the podium that canada sits upon, but I counter with we are the finest podium ever concieved for America's hat!;)

    At least you only have snow mexicans...we have ACTUAL Mexicans..and guatamalans, brazilians, venezuelans...an invasion of ANS...
    We need a sign on the wall "WE HAVE ENOUGH HOME GROWN SHITBAGS, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE"
     
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    To the OP, just remember, where ever you may be, you can always get home by:

    Clicking your Ruby Slippers 3 times and saying "There's no place like home."

     
    It is interesting how the Left want to believe their little make believe stories. How long can they keep up their lies and deception? The West Coast is almost a complete loss. God help us if somehow President Trump loses in 2020.
     
    I'm in Portland Oregon now. It's a dump, it's a shame because the rest of Oregon is beautiful I also lived in San Diego and agree its still nice and far nicer than Portland and San fran

    Thats a shame. I spent a few weeks there in the mid 2000's and it was a really nice town. Great seafood, and Thai.
     
    Well...just got home from a 12 day trip

    RI - > San Francisco - 5 days
    SFO -> Shanghai/Suzhou China ->LA-> RI - 7 days

    All I can say is you can keep SFO...it is a complete and utter shithole....fucking crowded and full of people that are in need of some serious reality checks imposed into their lives. City is a shamble. Homeless and dirty vagabonds (hobos) inhabit a lot of places. Drugs are rampant and I'm not talking about pot. Lots of begging for money. However, the rank and file seem to be uncaring about it. There is definitely a significant division of wealth. Dirt poor through super wealthy.....crying shame as there is a lot of history there.

    Shanghai and China in general was very different with respect to its acceptance of Americans since the last time I was there which was about 8 years ago. Quite frankly, they think Trump will go to war. They are definitely afraid of him; even the business people that I went to see. I found it really difficult to keep the smirk from showing.

    The greatest thing was flying into LAX from China and seeing Trump's face when it used to be Obummer....started laughing my ass off.

    Glad to be back in my small town and home where many of the problems I heard about are absent.

    We are definitely WINNING despite what MSM is portraying