Mexico is a fun place to visit as well when you're in a touristy area and don't have to see the cartels or slums.Cassia wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2026 3:41 amSeems that Europeans here for the world cup were surprised how friendly Americans are, how tasty the food is, and it is much safer walking around than they expected.
Americans are by and large pretty friendly (though the Japanese treatment of Mexican football fans blows us out of the water) and we do have tasty food (a perk of being welcoming to immigrants is that they open up restaurants with amazing food), but our authorities are a lot less friendly than they used to be and there is a cost-of-living crisis squeezing the middle class really hard right now. It's almost as if there's some intentional effort by wealthy elites to force people into some sort of neo-feudalism.
It's not so much that the USA is a terrible place (at least not yet) but it's in the process of becoming one. By the time tourists notice that change, it'll already be too late.
I'd be willing to make a trade. We will give up the closely-guarded secret recipe of our tasty Ranch dressing in exchange for universal healthcare and more broadly, having our tax money being spent on us instead of being plundered by rich people and/or con artists (there's a suspicious overlap)
