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The HighPoly USA Questions Megathread

HighPoly

HighPoly

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I don't know how... Well, I live a pretty good life here in Brazil. Good family and good resources, like upper middle class.

But I'd like to have some house in USA, like a beautiful home in some suburb area. Maybe in California, Florida, TEXAS or even in Washington State.
I found amazing houses in Kirkland near to Seattle..

I'm studying law on college... Maybe I'll make some money here, as a lawyer!
I could travel one time a year to US, visiting amazing places, but my dream is make enough money to buy a house there...

I know buying a house is not guarantee to live in US, but maybe a bridge... If I could make money in US, would be amazing, but not as a illegal resident...
 
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Outlier

Member
How about try living in the place your most interested in, for 6 months to a year and see what you think.

Other than that, why would you want to live elsewhere if your life is good now?
 
Hip Hop

Hip Hop

Member
diffusionx said:
Why would you leave the land of bundas to come to this shit hole
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Brazil vs USA. We really can't say the US has it beat if you'd like to prosper on another level? Sure, it has its bad things, but if you want to call it a shit hole, I'm sure there are worse shit holes out there.

I was born in extreme poverty in Mexico. Now that is a true shit hole with no running water, electricity, food, and we still had a black and white television in 1999, next to our refrigerator that you need to put a big block of ice in to keep it cold. There's too much bullshit that even if you want a better life or move up, it's just not possible compared to the tools and chances the USA gives you if you want it.
 
TransTrender

TransTrender

Gold Member
JayK47 said:
The door's wide open. Come on in!
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Go_Ly_Dow said:
I have a solution for you OP. Just follow the Chinese migrants sneaking into the US via South America.

They've found a hole in a fence and thousands are using it every week to get in. Border Force will even taxi you in the rest of the way!

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Hip Hop said:
Brazil vs USA. We really can't say the US has it beat if you'd like to prosper on another level? Sure, it has its bad things, but if you want to call it a shit hole, I'm sure there are worse shit holes out there.

I was born in extreme poverty in Mexico. Now that is a true shit hole with no running water, electricity, food, and we still had a black and white television in 1999, next to our refrigerator that you need to put a big block of ice in to keep it cold. There's too much bullshit that even if you want a better life or move up, it's just not possible compared to the tools and chances the USA gives you if you want it.
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As someone that was also born in poverty, living in a roach infested garage in Brazil, I 100% agree.

Mexico is way more of a shithole then Brazil. And I say this with no disrespect meant towards Mexico whatsoever.
It's empathy.
 
LiquidMetal14

LiquidMetal14

hide your water-based mammals
Assimilate and be a man

Those who don't want to live here can go to all the better countries or actually try and make some difference

Or not

Try Flaming Hot Viagra Cheetos
 
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Have a Blessed Day
Hip Hop said:
Brazil vs USA. We really can't say the US has it beat if you'd like to prosper on another level? Sure, it has its bad things, but if you want to call it a shit hole, I'm sure there are worse shit holes out there.

I was born in extreme poverty in Mexico. Now that is a true shit hole with no running water, electricity, food, and we still had a black and white television in 1999, next to our refrigerator that you need to put a big block of ice in to keep it cold. There's too much bullshit that even if you want a better life or move up, it's just not possible compared to the tools and chances the USA gives you if you want it.
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Mexico is not a shithole and the vast majority have electricity, running water and food. Fuck you
 
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DeafTourette

DeafTourette

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All those big booties in Brazil? I mean we have them too, mostly black women and some Latinas, so if you're not into them (I know they're in Brazil too), You're SOL (for the most part, though there are exceptions).
 
ahtlas7

ahtlas7

Member
Make an appointment at the US Embassy in Brazil and talk to them.
Know that, In the States not many people really own their homes due to home loan practices. You basically just rent it from the bank.
 
Mihos

Mihos

Gold Member
ahtlas7 said:
Make an appointment at the US Embassy in Brazil and talk to them.
Know that, In the States not many people really own their homes due to home loan practices. You basically just rent it from the bank.
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Around 60 - 70% of americans own homes (especially in the midwest), and around 40% of homeowners own outright, and you also ignoring equity.
 
StueyDuck

StueyDuck

Member
When Growing up so we talking late 90s early 2000s, living in America is all I wanted.

I can't imagine myself in the country now, I'd get deported for not giving a fuck about social media, not wanting to be famous and probably for not caring about peoples genders.
 
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HighPoly

HighPoly

Banned
I mean, if you remember back 18 years ago, this car below was releasing!

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Well, I don't really know what Americans, Europeans and Japaneses think about this car, but here in Brazil was considered a luxury car, for upper middle class!
I guess in USA, this car is considered a common and boring car...

But through years, they are getting more and more technologic, faster and beautiful as hell!
Don't you feel driving a luxury car, when you touch cars like Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Chevy Malibu today??

I mean, today we're driving cars with features that were only possible in Premium Mercedes, Lexus, Audi, BMW or whatever!

I'm asking this because here in Brazil even the ''POPULAR CAR'', the name we say a common regular, are getting better and prettier designed!
I know brazillian standards are diferent, but our popular car is getting better everyday, and expensive...

Just illustrating!


Well, what do you think? What car do you have? Has american luxury standards changed through years? cause of economy problems?
 
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Trunx81

Trunx81

Member
Don´t. Getting a green card is really hard these days, the lottery is still working on winners of 2021.
If you want to imigrate, you need the cash (250k to open up a company) or a work contract.

Here in Mexico I see plenty of Americans and Canadians in search for a better life. Better health coverage. Cheaper. Great living conditions if you bring the cash. And no woke agenda.
 
TheInfamousKira

TheInfamousKira

Reseterror Resettler
Pennsylvania is awesome. Nothing beats the memories of getting lost in the woods, camping on hillsides, wading through the rivers. Great amount of wildlife diversity. Comfortable Summers and Winters that occasionally have some umph. Hills and valleys and woods and meadows bruh
 
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jason10mm

Gold Member
I'd say the actual daily driving experience gap is much smaller today between "economy" and "luxury". The horsepower, handling, and feature set (cruise control, digital entertainment system, automatic lights, windows, etc) are not as extreme. Of course luxury cars often ride better, have more premium materials, and feature some whiz-bang electronics like auto drive, compensating suspension, different drive modes, etc but it's nothing compared to what a bottom tier honda with a 90 hp engine, no A/C, manual windows, locks, push button AM/FM stereo ONLY felt like versus a BMW or Cadillac from back in the day, those things were fricking SPACE SHIPS by comparison.
 
HighPoly

HighPoly

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Trunx81 said:
Don´t. Getting a green card is really hard these days, the lottery is still working on winners of 2021.
If you want to imigrate, you need the cash (250k to open up a company) or a work contract.

Here in Mexico I see plenty of Americans and Canadians in search for a better life. Better health coverage. Cheaper. Great living conditions if you bring the cash. And no woke agenda.
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Could I invest 250k without opening a company? There's no difficult in making money, but the problem is creating jobs and opening companies, to me...
 
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Dr.Morris79

Dr.Morris79

Gold Member
I want to live there too. Purely for selfish reasons though. Owning and shooting firearms, eating massive dinners and buying any car with a V8 in it

I like to keep it simple

I'd wear a vest and grow a mullet if it helped.
 
Ballthyrm

Ballthyrm

Member
HighPoly said:
Well, what do you think? What car do you have? Has American luxury standards changed through years? cause of economy problems?
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Car dealers have every incentive to upsell car features.
New norms in term of security (multiple airbags, ABS, Backup camera, lane assist, collision warnings, etc) and efficient gas mileage make new cars more expensive to produce.
When you add on top of that the big tariff USA and Europe put on cheap cars from abroad, there is no incentive for the car makers to make cheap cars.

SUV and trucks are bigger, so even from a physics point of view, more material is always going to be more expensive.
A truck of today is almost twice as heavy as a truck from 20 years ago.

Look at the new truck Toyota made that isn't available in the US.


It would sell like pancakes but it would not make a lot of US auto makers happy, so they are basically banning it.
 
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BaldingAshCrimson said:
As someone that was also born in poverty, living in a roach infested garage in Brazil, I 100% agree.

Mexico is way more of a shithole then Brazil. And I say this with no disrespect meant towards Mexico whatsoever.
It's empathy.
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Crime Comparison Between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil And Mexico City, Mexico. Safety Comparison.

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GDP per capita is $18,700 in Brazil and $23,800 in Mexico (by comparison, Canada's GDP per capita is $60,000 and the United States' is $80,000).
Plus we have tequila, tacos and Mexican music.
 
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ahtlas7

ahtlas7

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Mihos said:
Around 60 - 70% of americans own homes (especially in the midwest), and around 40% of homeowners own outright, and you also ignoring equity.
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You’ll find the States down at the bottom.
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Sure, all investments have equity potential, but there’s a lot of factors. I lost money on 2 homes in the States.
 
Hugare

Hugare

Gold Member
I'm also brazilian, but I'm thinking about living in Canada (Vancouver)

I've visited the US just once (NY last year), but everything that I've heard about the state of the country right now doesn't make it so inviting to live, specially in those areas that you've mentioned (California, Florida and etc., tho Texas seems nice)

But I believe the US still has a lot of places that are awesome to live, they are just less "mainstream" tho (from what Ive heard). I love the nature from the northwest. I'm hoping to visit Seattle one day.

Canada seems better in terms of quality of life and I love the biomes there. Cost of living seems expensive tho.
 
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