Is America still cool?

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Never been there, so open to a challenge on this, but I always got the impression it was a very conservative, judgemental place, which is what put me off. That said, it probably depends on what part you go to.

It definitely depends on where you go, as it would in most western type countries. I can't see the likes of San Fran being too conservative.

mumhaabu wrote: »

If Obama wins (please god he won't) it will be funny to see the bleeding hearts actually showing kudos towards America again. The real shame however is that the US Constitution stops George W. Bush running for a third term, he will long be remembered as America's greatest President of Modern times.

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HalloweenJack wrote: »

I'm hoping to go to Chicago next summer so I hope it's still "cool".

Chicago is most definately still cool! Enjoy.
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Trev M wrote: »

Is saying Jap racisit?

I used to think it was....

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but if its ok by him who am I to argue?

Conor108 wrote: »

Nope

:rolleyes:

We're working on it. Pardon our dust.

Out of interest, how are people defining the word "cool" here?

is america still seen as cool by the irish, i would say no, southeast asia, south-america are the new cool places to visit these days

in terms of landscape and cities however the usa is unrivalled on planet earth imo, in the same country you have the hottest desert/place on earth (death valley) and one of the coldest places (northern alaska), alaska also has a mountain with a much larger rise than everest (denali). The golden sands of florida to the some of the worlds greatest surf in california, the stunning grand canyon to the equally amazing yellowstone with its geysers. the list of outstanding national parks is endless each one completely different from the next; yosemite, bryce, zion, arches, monument valley, teton, everglades, rocky mountain, badlands, Hawaii Volcanoes, Sequoia, wind cave and so on and so on. it would take you a life-time to see them all.

the same with cities like san francisco, new orleans, las vegas, miami, orlando, new york, seattle, chicago, denver all completely different all offering something unique. you can't say the same thing about england or many other countries, manchester, birmingham, newcastle, leeds all look alike, same city center, same stores.

T'was cool in the early 90's when I was a kid. It was the place where the teenage mutant ninja turtles were from, where crazy shoot outs and explosions and alien invasions and all sorts of cool stuff would take place.

Then I grew up, plus bush became president. I stopped falling for all the propaganda spewed out by US tv. I remember viewing the americans as the good guys in the likes of the Vietnam war. When it was really the Vietnamese.

I came across 3 people from the US having a debate about what year 9/11 happened.

I could not fcking BELIEVE that one. It actually depressed me it was so stupid.

But at the same time I meet a lot of sound people from the US also.

I also agree with this :

rossie1977 wrote: »

is america still seen as cool by the irish, i would say no, southeast asia, south-america are the new cool places to visit these days

in terms of landscape and cities however the usa is unrivalled on planet earth imo, in the same country you have the hottest desert/place on earth (death valley) and one of the coldest places (northern alaska), alaska also has a mountain with a much larger rise than everest (denali). The golden sands of florida to the some of the worlds greatest surf in california, the stunning grand canyon to the equally amazing yellowstone with its geysers. the list of outstanding national parks is endless each one completely different from the next; yosemite, bryce, zion, arches, monument valley, teton, everglades, rocky mountain, badlands, Hawaii Volcanoes, Sequoia, wind cave and so on and so on. it would take you a life-time to see them all.

the same with cities like san francisco, new orleans, las vegas, miami, orlando, new york, seattle, chicago, denver all completely different all offering something unique. you can't say the same thing about england or many other countries, manchester, birmingham, newcastle, leeds all look alike, same city center, same stores.

Its just a pity about the whole world domination thing.