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It was a straight up question that I don't expect to get an answer to.
Texpat is so immersed in the divisive culture of haves and have nots I doubt he could even start to have some compassion for his fellow countrymen.

I guess that's why Americans are so afraid of eachother. When I was over there I found it bizarre that you cant go out on the streets outside the central business district (CBD). And that was daytime. Cross the road from the CBD into the "neighbourhoods" and you life could well be in danger. At night time the safe area becomes even smaller with parts of the CBD no go zones. What a hell of a way to run a society. I felt like I was in a war zone, but the Yanks just accepted it as normal.

I got to ask the question here what you think is "normal"?
Its not a country I am in any hurry to visit again. But I did have a good time down in New Orleans before the floods.