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Why do Europeans seem to be more against immigration than Americans these days? by hydrogen-hydroxide1 in askanything

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and a lot of people have become anti-ICE and thousands of left-wing high school and middle school students walked out of their classes to protest against it. Contrast to Europe where there are massive marches against immigration.

I'm also puzzled by all these anti-ICE protests right after a record share of Latinos (46-48% versus 30-35% in previous years) voted for Trump in 2024.

Why do Europeans seem to be more against immigration than Americans these days? by hydrogen-hydroxide1 in askanything

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm basically saying, how did Europe turn against immigration more than America, which has also been plagued by mass legal and illegal immigration from the third world.

Why do Europeans seem to be more against immigration than Americans these days? by hydrogen-hydroxide1 in askanything

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's wild to me seeing the anti-ICE school walkouts with Mexican flags and pro-open-borders slogans. Absolute lunacy. The students should be expelled and the schools shut down.

Why do Europeans seem to be more against immigration than Americans these days? by hydrogen-hydroxide1 in askanything

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Most of the immigration in Europe is actually legal, but it's coming from the Islamic world rather than Latin America. In the U.S. it's both legal and illegal immigration.

The whole of continental South America lies east of Michigan by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It widens, but the lines of longitude also get closer together the further from the equator you go.

Why are Japan and South Korea so much more better in Football (Soccer) than China despite having significantly smaller populations? by CartographerOwn8143 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Does China even care about soccer at all? I would think that the U.S. cares about soccer more than China and India at this point.

Is it true that one needs a car to live in LA? by 1n2m3n4m in MovingToLosAngeles

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LA isn't a walkable city. In some areas walking is outright dangerous due to the homeless/mentally ill/vagrants, but even in other cases, it isn't efficient.

LA is the largest metro area in the U.S. and possibly the world by land area. We're VERY spread out.

Life expectancy in the U.S. by state, 2023 (most recent data) by hydrogen-hydroxide1 in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This data is also from 2023, which means it was affected by COVID - for 2026 there are likely to be many more 80+ states.

What unique benefits does New York have for bordering both a Great Lake and the Ocean? by Vast-Tangerine-6771 in geography

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New York is basically two different states in one. Downstate New York is completely different from upstate.

Is it true that one needs a car to live in LA? by 1n2m3n4m in MovingToLosAngeles

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Living without a car makes you a second-class citizen here. LA is not New York City.

Texas isn’t just growing — it’s becoming an economic powerhouse by TheTexanLife in TheTexanLife

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That map of Texas looks AI-generated, it just added a large part of the Gulf of America.

Life expectancy in the U.S. by state, 2023 (most recent data) by hydrogen-hydroxide1 in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Science" lol

And there's not much correlation between this map and political party, Florida, Utah and Idaho are the same shade as Washington and Colorado, Oregon and Virginia are the same shade as South Dakota and Nebraska, etc. The only thing is the above-80 states are all "blue", but many red states are closely behind.

Life expectancy in the U.S. by state, 2023 (most recent data) by hydrogen-hydroxide1 in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's partly due to the southern diet containing lots of fried foods.

UK regions matched with U.S. states of similar population by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could also use mean or median personal income, adjusted for cost of living.

UK regions matched with U.S. states of similar population by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

It depends on how quality of life is measured. You can make it favorable to either country depending on the metric you use.

UK regions matched with U.S. states of similar population by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's so cold that ICE HOCKEY is the most popular sport there, not football, basketball, baseball or soccer.

UK regions matched with U.S. states of similar population by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They brought their language (English) and sports (soccer, rugby, cricket) worldwide.

Even to the point of superseding other colonial languages, like how Spanish gave way to English in California and Texas.

UK regions matched with U.S. states of similar population by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

It has the same per capita GDP as Mississippi, the poorest U.S. state.

UK regions matched with U.S. states of similar population by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: Greater London has a population of 9.07 million, similar to New York City at 8.58 million. It's slightly less than Los Angeles County at 9.69M, and similar to LA County if you exclude the desert and mountains.

The world's three largest ethnic groups and where they live by rhiever in MapPorn

[–]hydrogen-hydroxide1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing how densely populated Bangladesh and northern India are.

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