True.

"but my first world poor friends, without exception are all bad with money." ROTFL. What about your third world friend? This may give you an idea.

Read this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17218250

Yes. In fact I know a shitload of restaurants with excellent food, that went out of business. In the restaurant business your are more in the real estate business than in the food business. Location, Location, Location is everything. And how much you pay for it.

http://healthcorrelator.blogspot.com/2010/09/china-study-ii-...

So what? But they do melt. And you can't eat Titanium or Aluminum. We would starve to dead soon without Pt/Rh

> I don't trust random blogs.

The blog has 4 links, it basically quotes only from these four links. That are:

1. Welt.de (major German Newspaper)

2. Focus.de (major German magazine)

3. Welt.de again

4. New York Times.

If these sources are "not credible" for you, we have indeed no way of communicating.

That Merkel's open borders are a crime based on German law. If you are able to read German, take this as a start: https://alexanderdilger.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/drei-ex-ver...

I fell in love with Brazil many years ago. Many people did, some may still do. It was an amazing place. People were super friendly, the women were curious about foreigners... Today Brazil is much less welcoming for foreigners, even slightly xenophobic. They still have an economic crisis and I wonder what will happen if the world economy cools down. It also has become dangerous again. People change, countries change, I may have changed.

So this brings us to Colombia. It is very cheap to fly there from the states. I had many adventures there, got certified in scuba diving, slept on a tiny house on an island when scuba diving, learned horse riding in Saint Augustin, got lost in the mountains when hiking near Armenia (visit Salento!). Partied super hard at night in Medellin, Cali and Bogota. People were super friendly, approaching me and other travelers and telling us how happy they are the things have changed in Colombia and foreigners are now visiting. The climate is super interesting since you are near the equator but also have the Andean mountains. You basically can get every temperature you want. From hot Caribbean (and overrated) Cartagena, to the city of eternal spring, Medellin, to cold Bogota. I love the Candelaria district in Bogota (as I once loved Santa Teresa in Rio). It is a magic place and brings me happiness.

People change, countries change, and I may change again. What worries me about Colombia is that more and more foreigners are coming (voted as number ?. tourist destination last year). This is seldom a good thing. Sooner or later the place will change and people will get fed up with tourists. SO if you want to visit, better visit now and not in 10 years.

Literature, there is not only 100 years of solitude, try to appreciate Nicolás Gómez Dávila.

How to shoot an Ethiopian? Aim 1 meter above his hear. You have to hit his ego!

Yes, they are a special kind of people and they take proud in it. If they ever throw me out of my current home, Ethiopia may be, besides Colombia, my second destination. It is happening there!

Hey man, Hitler may have voted against raiding Russia but it is the outcome the counts. Fact is, that Merkel's politics is a left wing come true. Proven by the support of people like Fisher and Campino, who claimed to have voted "green" his whole life.

https://rp-online.de/kultur/musik/toten-hosen-saenger-campin...

But try to see the difference between welcoming Uganda (based on a statistic they are the most welcoming nation to foreigners) and Ethiopians. Yet, they are nearly neighbors.

I don't dislike that the Ethiopians are reserved. What did one of the rangers tell me? We are dirty. We don't have showers. We don't have washing machines. We are dirty. But we know that we are dirty. We are dirty but not stupid!

"Ethiopia hailed as 'African lion' with fastest creation of millionaires" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/ethiopia-faste...

Ethiopia is not an easy place to travel. People are friendly but reserved. English it not very common there. They are not the African "buddy" type of people (ey man, lets have a beer!). If you are into adventure, go to the Bale mountains and take a three day horse ride expedition and try to see the Ethiopian fox. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_wolf Or take a two week expedition on horsed to see the Ethiopian lions (unfortunately longer that my ass can sustain on a horse). AFAIK the only lions that live in the jungle. It is a rough place. I like it. Possibly love it, but Ethiopia is not for everyone.

Addis has two major museums. If you want to see Lucy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus) make sure you go to the right one.

If anyone is interested in importing ore, please ask me. My Ethiopian friends are always nagging me for business contacts.

Cough, cough. Look, I gave REASONS why I think she is extremely left wing. Pointing out that she is leading the conservative party is not enough to counter my point.

What in her politics is conservative, right, or liberal?

(I would consider "marriage for all" liberal but in the end marriage should be not the business of the government)

What does the AfD stand for? Basically AfD is CDU before Merkel.

Never, never ever use a gmail account for anything important. I learned it the hard way and once nearly lost a domain because of this.

gandi.net offers domains with free IMAP email service

infomaniak.com is also good for email. Switzerland based.

" our IT guys were trying to get a hold of Google but couldn't get in touch with anyone."

ROTFL.

But questioning the Open borders situation in Europe Germany in public (speak facebook) that is BLUNTLY violating German law and Dublin III regulation is what gets you blocked. It is a left wing junta in the final stages that is ruling Germany at the moment. And making law by chancellor decree has been out of fashion in Germany for over 70 years. Not a good idea to bring it back!

The solution to this is called "Pater noster". Just kidding....

You have better schools in the US if you live in the right neighborhood. Also, getting called "pig eater" is likely not tolerated in the US.

"safer cities" Europe is trying hard to catch up.

"better public transport" The only good thing. Yet, nothing beats public transport in NYC.

"more and better maintained parks" Not sure about this.

"better local produce" If you can afford to buy at Whole Paycheck, you get everything.

"There are a lot of potential reasons for a decision like that." The bottom line is: if you have money, life is better in the states. If you are poor, go to Germany.