Scott Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (CNN) — American travelers -- at least those of the cautious variety -- might be familiar with the US State Department's travel advisories. The agency monitors the world for potential trouble and issues warnings from "Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions" to "Level 4: Do Not Travel," alerting would-be visitors to terrorism threats, war, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, high crime rates and other personal security issues. But have you ever wondered how other countries' governments caution their citizens about coming to the United States? What kind of reputation does America have? https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/travel-warnings-other-countries-us-violence/index.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candide Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Like: don't send your kids to school, don't go to shopping malls, don't go to disco....... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Never honk your car's horn. Don't go to Washington DC. Keep away from people with red caps. If you find yourself in a place where a certain five-letter word that begins with T is prominently displayed and people are uppity about it be elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 The standard advice is ‘Make sure you have travel medical insurance’. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 A potentially racist troll post and replies have been removed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted November 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2022 The OP does raise an interesting question, few of us bother looking for advice when travelling to our home countries, I mean, what could possibly go wrong? Here's the latest UK travel advisory for the US https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa And, just to keep things level, the latest US travel advisory for the UK https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/united-kingdom-travel-advisory.html EDIT Having read both of those, I think I'll stay here ???? 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 41 minutes ago, Crossy said: The OP does raise an interesting question, few of us bother looking for advice when travelling to our home countries, I mean, what could possibly go wrong? Here's the latest UK travel advisory for the US https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa And, just to keep things level, the latest US travel advisory for the UK https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/united-kingdom-travel-advisory.html EDIT Having read both of those, I think I'll stay here ???? Why would I look for advice when traveling to my home country. I know the dangers of poor neighborhoods, so I stay away. Pretty much the same in any country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: Why would I look for advice when traveling to my home country. I know the dangers of poor neighborhoods, so I stay away. Pretty much the same in any country. Exactly, we never check when travelling "home", which is the whole purpose of this thread asking "What do others say about us?". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanaguma Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Stay out of the inner cities and away from druggie areas and you will be just fine. If you are not BIPOC, you should be fine- 2/3 of murder victims are People of Colour. As well, African Americans are 8 times more likely to be the killer than other races on a per capita basis. To be brutally honest, a lot/most murders in the US are black/hispanic young men killing other black/hispanic young men in poor urban areas. Other random shootings and killings are statistically insignifacant and not worth worrying about. The rest of the country is peaceful, safe, and in places astonishingly beautiful. The best National Park system in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Rising Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, Hanaguma said: Stay out of the inner cities and away from druggie areas and you will be just fine. If you are not BIPOC, you should be fine- 2/3 of murder victims are People of Colour. As well, African Americans are 8 times more likely to be the killer than other races on a per capita basis. To be brutally honest, a lot/most murders in the US are black/hispanic young men killing other black/hispanic young men in poor urban areas. Other random shootings and killings are statistically insignifacant and not worth worrying about. The rest of the country is peaceful, safe, and in places astonishingly beautiful. The best National Park system in the world. Interesting. What makes it better than the national park systems in say France, Sweden, Japan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanaguma Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said: Interesting. What makes it better than the national park systems in say France, Sweden, Japan? More parks, more variety, fabulous facilities, scale. Totals half the land area of France, or the same size as Japan. You can also buy a pass for $80 that gets you AND your carful of family into every facility run by the National Park Service in the country for a year. One of the great tourism bargains in the world. Then, each state has its own State Park system. These are often equal to the National Parks in beauty and historic interest. Arizona alone has 31 State Parks. This is one thing the Americans do really really well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Hanaguma said: More parks, more variety, fabulous facilities, scale. Totals half the land area of France, or the same size as Japan. You can also buy a pass for $80 that gets you AND your carful of family into every facility run by the National Park Service in the country for a year. One of the great tourism bargains in the world. Then, each state has its own State Park system. These are often equal to the National Parks in beauty and historic interest. Arizona alone has 31 State Parks. This is one thing the Americans do really really well. US National and State Parks are indeed astounding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bendejo Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 17 hours ago, Crossy said: just to keep things level, the latest US travel advisory for the UK I've heard that British mums sometimes give their sons spotted dick. Sounds pretty scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 10 minutes ago, bendejo said: I've heard that British mums sometimes give their sons spotted dick. Sounds pretty scary. That's only after he's had his Toad-in-the-hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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