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Originally Posted by Colt Seevers
yet another reason to move to the Netherlands soon
I'm sure Nigel would put me up for a while:lol:
It is kinda scary though.
We're kinda trying for a baby just now and I find it disturibing that if I stay and live here my child will never be able to go for an innocent pint and a game of pool when he or she is 13-14, just like I did
There's always kids hanging about here, mangled out of their faces with nowhere else to go.
What do you expect will happen:(
Before I got to your post, I was going to post nearly the exact same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4Well, I don't care - my competitive juices have been stirred - there cannot be anything at all (at all) in the U.K. that is worse than it is here, and everyone knows it.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigboab
We'll sue for last place, if we can find a venue willing to entertain our complaint. ;)
I can't believe the UK, in this respect, is worse than the US.
We have Superman Capitalism and a whole lotta NIMBY over here.
The England I saw on a recent visit was nothing like the place I grew up in. My parents used to kick us out of the house in the morning and expected us back before dark, you wouldn't do that now. There were no guns on the streets then, no muggings, and our parents didn't have to constantly worry where we were.
I had two kids in England, and two in Australia, and there is no comparison, my two youngest had a brilliant childhood, when they saw what England was like they couldn't wait to get back here, and were so glad they didn't grow up there.
It depends where you live. I'd never want to bring a child up in an inner city, but where we are, a small town of population 25000 or thereabouts, it's pretty safe. There's lots of green spaces to play, and plenty of stuff to do.
Guns on the street?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ava Estelle
In England?
How can this be?
Not just England. There have been four armed robberies in the last two weeks in the town where I live. The town has a population of about 50,000. Granted it is only about 25 minutes by motorway from Glasgow where gun crime is an everyday occurrence.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4Guns on the street?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ava Estelle
In England?
How can this be?
Wtf?!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bigboabNot just England. There have been four armed robberies in the last two weeks in the town where I live. The town has a population of about 50,000. Granted it is only about 25 minutes by motorway from Glasgow where gun crime is an everyday occurrence.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
Really. Wtf?!!!:blink:
I am really not trying to be sarcastic.
I can vouch for that..I was born and raised in Glasgow...back in the early 90's it was mostly knives. Quite a few of my friends were stabbed in our younger days. Since then its guns that has taken over.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigboabNot just England. There have been four armed robberies in the last two weeks in the town where I live. The town has a population of about 50,000. Granted it is only about 25 minutes by motorway from Glasgow where gun crime is an everyday occurrence.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
England is bad aswell. Most people i know in Birmingham know somebody who carries a gun. I also lived in Mosside, Manchester, and there is a major gun culture there. In East London, most people I know have friends who also carry guns. Quite a few of my friends have bullet wounds which freaks me out.
I feel sorry for the kids today.
Peace,
Mindfukced
just to be clear are we talking about guns here? Armed robbery could potentially refer to everything from mugging with a knife to raiding a bank with sawn off shotguns.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigboabNot just England. There have been four armed robberies in the last two weeks in the town where I live. The town has a population of about 50,000. Granted it is only about 25 minutes by motorway from Glasgow where gun crime is an everyday occurrence.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
It was hand guns they used.Quote:
Originally Posted by ilwjust to be clear are we talking about guns here? Armed robbery could potentially refer to everything from mugging with a knife to raiding a bank with sawn off shotguns.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigboab