Quote from: LTU_btc on Today at 07:23:50 PM

Quote from: paxmao on May 12, 2025, 09:56:13 PM

In terms of crime, Western Europe has a super-low criminality rate compared to nearly any other country in the world including US. The West is not the US.

In terms of migration issues, I agree, Europe and the US have that type of problem... because they are richer than most other places and (in my view) have given too much for free to immigrants.

I am not sure if you live in Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania or around, but the "European problems" are possibly the best ones to have. US problems... well, a completely different species (e.g. they discuss about allowing weapons and killings in schools while Europe discusses unifying the USB connectors...)

Yeah, sometimes I watch videos from USA and there is some neighbourhoods that I wouldn't risk to enter. Streets full of fentanyl addicted people - it's scary. Though, in Europe (UK, France or even Sweeden) there is unsafe neighbourhoods with high crime rate.
Besides Russia, things like unifying USB connectors or making attached bottle caps is what I call first world problems. It shows we don't have bigger problems and living very well

Quote from: Zlantann on Today at 08:17:52 AM

People of color might find these countries unfriendly because of racism. Western European nations are more receptive to foreigners, and it is usually easy to integrate into the society. Digital nomad visas are becoming popular and I might consider one of them in the future

I wouldn't say that racism here is big problem now. Things have changed a lot than it was 20 years ago.
BTW, racism didn't completely extinct in Western Europe too...

In fact is becoming more common, but it is not really racism, it is xenophobia and above all it is classism. People are in general OK with with rich immigrants that go there to spend money. What Europe cannot do is to act as safe haven for all the refugees that come from countries at war.

Many of these immigrants did not come really willing to integrate in Europe, they just ignore the uses and sometimes the laws of the places they go to. If there is no more control, it is likely that the extreme right may win elections.