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dh2022yesterday at 9:10 PM2 repliesview on HN

Take a drive on an interstate highways. Whenever I take an Uber/Lyft to the airport I ask the usually (more like 100%) foreign born driver to compare the highway (I5) and the airport (SeaTac) with the same from his country. The comparison is bad for the US.

US is a third world country, but Americans do no want to admit that.


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pocksuppetyesterday at 11:04 PM

The first world is defined as the countries that are affiliated with the USA, so that's not strictly accurate. However, we can say it's a developing country - a first-world developing country.

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xienzeyesterday at 10:00 PM

> I ask the usually (more like 100%) foreign born driver to compare the highway (I5) and the airport (SeaTac) with the same from his country. The comparison is bad for the US. > US is a third world country, but Americans do no want to admit that.

So why do so many people want to keep coming here?

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