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“However, there are places in the world where that is not the case and Americans are not blamed for the government’s problems.”
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Yes, I have yet to visit a country where Americans are not welcome. In the Philippines, westerners from Europe and America are as welcomed as anywhere in the world, and they are everywhere. My closest friends are from Cape Cod, Texas, CA, and PA. That does not include those that I see walking or biking down my beach road. Even the smallest villages have American and European expats. While expats are good for the economy, even the poorest, including me, are just as welcome.
Yes, poverty, as we view it, is rampant, but you see the people laughing, not crying. They are not waiting for the government to bail them out.
I have never visited a Muslim country, and never will. That is the only line that I would draw.
Those on here that castigate expats have probably never been to another country, unless while in the military.
While I am an American, going back to my great great great uncle of 1812, I will use my retirement years visiting other countries and cultures. My twin brothers, and my daughter, back in the US, do the same.

The dog’s in a manger on here are very vociferous in bashing me, saying that I am bashing America, and crowing about my happy life. I have never bashed America, and I have never advocated that one should get out. That depends on them and their current situation. I bash those that are running the show now, mainly Obozo. I, like others, feel that conditions in the US will get only worse, before, if ever, they get better. I do know that America will never return to being the country that I grew up in, even though I am on FR daily, since 1999. If I did not care, I would not be here.
Yes, I do post that I am happy. If that bothers them, so be it.