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Ugh, typical example of the attitude many of us find so annoying. America has the same things going for it any first world country does. People risk their lives to get into lots of first world countries as well.

Living in the first world is great, we hope you can stay in the club.

- An American expat who's most likely never coming back.

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In terms of cultural cache alone, America is leaps and bounds beyond most other third world countries. This isn't from luck; America's brilliance has always been in its sociogeographic diversity.

The United States of America hasn't existed long enough to develop its own high culture.

USA is, by the very definition of the term, not a third world country.

I meant to type first world country (pitfalls of posting at six in the morning.)

Ack, I assumed that was the joke and gave you an upvote. :(

You obviously haven't been to rural Indiana.

> - An American expat who's most likely never coming back.

If you see my others comments in this thread, I'm a Danish expat who's never going back. Perhaps it's the idealism of the immigrant that makes me feel the way I do.

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