Most Miserable Cities in the US

zombie kid · 12-03-2013, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Don't you people like hippies?

I just have a problem with people thinking they know what they're talking about because they spent a week in the slums of India or something.

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

People from Belgrade like hippies?

lol. If there are hippies there you wouldn't know it. People are always well dressed and well groomed.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 12-03-2013, 02:14 PM

Should do a UK version tbh though obviously there are less cities.

Birmingham 'is Britain's most miserable city' | Metro News

We were the most miserable in the UK apparently. Found that bizarre, as Mancs are the moodiest bastards going.

Burning Down · 12-03-2013, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by zombie kid

Haha, it's a true story too mate. Now I'm just wondering if he has anymore hippie themed posts left to put here or have we shut him up for good.

Apparently not.

Mr. Charlie · 12-03-2013, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by zombie kid

Mate, you wouldn't know miserable living conditions if they smacked you in the fucking face. I lived in Belgrade when NATO bombed the crap out of it in the late 90's. Do you know what it's like to have to live under a cement structure for 4 months, and then not know if your house is going to still be there when you get out? When you don't know if you're going to get your next meal or where it's coming from?

Stop spewing the "poverty and hardship is happiness" philosophy to everybody.

What does being in a war zone have to do with poverty? They are completely different scenarios. Earlier in this thread it was alluded to that poverty is to blame for misery, I was pointing out that poverty in not an obstacle to happiness, that I have met people in poverty who were happy, and that history is littered with people who were happy living in poverty.

Not once did I say one must be poor to be happy, indeed I even made it clear that I didn't believe that. If I truly believed only the poor can be happy I wouldn't be posting on the internet. I would have renounced my job, my money and all my posessions and resigned myself to a life in poverty.

As seems increasingly common on this site, people take what is said and take it to the extreme. Everything has to be black and white. It's so much easier to reach a deluded conclusion that way. No room for gray. God no.

Poverty means a certain lack of material posessions and money. It does not necessarily mean starving, does not necessarily mean dying from hyperthermia, certainly does not mean being bombed.

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Originally Posted by zombie kid

Yeah, I'm not sure if this Charlie guy is for real. He's ignorant though, that's for sure. You can't just go somewhere like India and see the people living on the street in the mud, and assume that they're happy because they appear that way. They may seem happy but that's because those conditions are all they know - ignorance is bliss kind of thing. Once you learn that people on the other side of the world have it way better, that goes out the window. I've been to a number of countries, both developing and industrialized and I can tell you that it's easy to see who is genuinely, inherently happy with the way they live.

Haha. Have you all gone mad. All forgotten how to read? I said the happiest two people I've ever met were very poor. That's it. I didn't say every poor person I've met is happy. I said what I did as evidence that poverty is not an excuse to be miserable.

Paul Smeenus · 12-03-2013, 06:35 PM

Mr. Charlie · 12-03-2013, 06:38 PM

You're the silliest of the lot. You get annoyed because people post nothing, yes empty space, in the spam thread. If nothing can anger you then it's not surprising words, thoughts, ideas and opinions do. Crazy...

Paul Smeenus · 12-03-2013, 06:40 PM

I consider "insults" from fools to be high praise

**Janszoon** · 12-03-2013, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Should do a UK version tbh though obviously there are less cities.

To be fair a lot of the US "cities" mentioned in the article in the OP aren't exactly metropolises.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 12-03-2013, 10:32 PM

charlie i dont really like youre hippy nature either lol but hey im just bein honest. its just the mob mentality, just get used to it. ya say one thing and they will pretend ya said another, happens a lot.

for the record north of the pa/maryland border we prefer rednecks and hicks !

Mr. Charlie · 12-03-2013, 10:33 PM

It's cool, man. I like your honesty.

12-03-2013, 02:14 PM	#62 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Should do a UK version tbh though obviously there are less cities. Birmingham 'is Britain's most miserable city' \| Metro News We were the most miserable in the UK apparently. Found that bizarre, as Mancs are the moodiest bastards going.

12-03-2013, 06:38 PM	#66 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	You're the silliest of the lot. You get annoyed because people post nothing, yes empty space, in the spam thread. If nothing can anger you then it's not surprising words, thoughts, ideas and opinions do. Crazy...

12-03-2013, 10:32 PM	#69 (permalink)
~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	charlie i dont really like youre hippy nature either lol but hey im just bein honest. its just the mob mentality, just get used to it. ya say one thing and they will pretend ya said another, happens a lot. for the record north of the pa/maryland border we prefer rednecks and hicks !

12-03-2013, 10:33 PM	#70 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	It's cool, man. I like your honesty.