shaz, how sad to think the way you do, optimism is never childish, kindness to strangers eliminates predudices, as the quote is from religeous doctrine, be kind to strangers, you nevr know when you may be entertaining angels unaware(not the direct, quote)disregard for the class system? I don't know what you mean but sure there are warped sense of humor. We do believe in equality. That's why some of our most famous people are from other countries.

Sorry cigalechanta. I was employing that warped sense of humor but apparently not as effectively as I hoped.

It's Ok shaz. I like that you noticed the warped sense of humor.

shaz60 - You had me laughing!

WAAAAaaaa, I thought he was serious!

Tis a troll of another matter.

dovima--
conversely, maybe they can bring down a machine from San Fran to blow the smog out of LA
soccr, I suppose the US is quite boring, with nothing like tsunamis to keep the tourists pouring in......and the other problem with the US is the doggone media, for if there were a tsunami coming here, the stupid bastards here would have tried to see who could be the first to tell us....

Can no one appreciate the unique beauty of our interstate highways, with ribbons of monotonous white concrete broken only by occasional strips of asphalt? And as if this is not enough, the artistic creations are embellished by colorful billboards, proclaiming the superiority of products, blotting out the plight of the downtrodden who reside beneath.

Boring? My goodness, hardly. We are just missing the point. This must be cutting edge tourism. Why else would an intelligent society allow such creativity? It's obvious, we have to learn to appreciate it....

Yeah! What about Florida??
All those dopey palm trees! Try climbing one of those! ouch! and no apples in them!
Who said all the houses have to be Pink???
And all that water! Lakes, rivers, waterways, ponds, streams and for goodness sake , even an ocean AND a Gulf! Who needs that much water???
boring boring boring.

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JimF bring back Ladybird; bring down the billboards!

We need to see the blight!

Love this country, hate the billboards and driving I95 ugggh.

soccr, you might as well just kill yourself and get it over with, you poor SOB!

New Zealand would never have the imagination to pave paridise to put up a parking lot.

and what about Alaska and hawaii? Cold state/ hot state, who cares??? They aren't even attached, so why bother

I never was a fan, and "Horse With No Name" has to be one of the worst songs of all time.


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Lee Ann

Also with Florida are those crazy Keys - h**l we all have keys at home, in our pockets, in the car - what's the draw about warm weather, trade winds and sunsets? Like the sun doesn't go down every day.......

And another thing. The weather. I mean!

I think Chicago and Detroit got started because a bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough and I want more snow. Let's go west.'"

jor -- killing myself would be redundant, since I've lived in Philadelphia.

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