im 20. Im an overseas student from east timor studying RN(registerred nurse) in Australia do you (US residents) think its a good idea for me to go there and live before i get my RN here in Australia and then continue on RN in US (if i can get a visa that is).
Friend told me he had visited US, in New York he said its dangerous at night but mid day is fine. In Los angeles 6 black americans approach him and ask for $5 dollars, he said he dont have it, one f them then said give me $1 dollar, so he gave them some coins that count to $1. He also while in Los angeles his girlfriend was nearly kidnap by a group of guys, she ran and cried to him. He told me Los angeles a no no at night!!
Im damn scared to go there now, lol seriously guns, drugs, poverty seem to be everywhere in USA. In aus you can wander at night pretty safe.
SO should i go to US? which state is better i heard texas is nice, avoid southern states and western states is it true?
thanx again That is a choice you have to make. There are a lot of problems here right now, yes, but we're on our way to getting back to the country we once were. You're friend was right about LA...the mexican illegals and their criminal lifestyle have turned it into a filthy crime pit. Illegals run rampant there and therefore, so does crime. New York, haven't been, can't say. Don't bother with California...not just LA...all of Cali. is starting to crumble into a pile of rubbish. Texas? Lived there for 4 years...have never visited since I left. My friends there are looking to move out. Forget New Mexico and Washington. Well =) hopefully, I've narrowed it down for you some. Good luck...I heard Australia was great though, why would you want to leave? There is tons of places you can roam around at night in the US. You just happen to choose 2 major cities to talk about. Where I live I have never locked my house or taken the keys out of my car. I walk around town at all hours of the night with no problems. There is crime everyone you are just in a safe spot as I.
Britain, Australia top U.S. in violent crime
Rates Down Under increase despite strict gun-control measures
By Jon Dougherty
漏 2001 WorldNetDaily.com
Law enforcement and anti-crime activists regularly claim that the United States tops the charts in most crime-rate categories, but a new international study says that America's former master -- Great Britain -- has much higher levels of crime.
The International Crime Victims Survey, conducted by Leiden University in Holland, found that England and Wales ranked second overall in violent crime among industrialized nations.
Twenty-six percent of English citizens -- roughly one-quarter of the population -- have been victimized by violent crime. Australia led the list with more than 30 percent of its population victimized.
The United States didn't even make the "top 10" list of industrialized nations whose citizens were victimized by crime.
Jack Straw, the British home secretary, admitted that "levels of victimization are higher than in most comparable countries for most categories of crime."
Highlights of the study indicated that:
* The percentage of the population that suffered "contact crime" in England and Wales was 3.6 percent, compared with 1.9 percent in the United States and 0.4 percent in Japan.
* Burglary rates in England and Wales were also among the highest recorded. Australia (3.9 percent) and Denmark (3.1 per cent) had higher rates of burglary with entry than England and Wales (2.8 percent). In the U.S., the rate was 2.6 percent, according to 1995 figures;
* "After Australia and England and Wales, the highest prevalence of crime was in Holland (25 percent), Sweden (25 percent) and Canada (24 percent). The United States, despite its high murder rate, was among the middle ranking countries with a 21 percent victimization rate," the London Telegraph said.
* England and Wales also led in automobile thefts. More than 2.5 percent of the population had been victimized by car theft, followed by 2.1 percent in Australia and 1.9 percent in France. Again, the U.S. was not listed among the "top 10" nations.
* The study found that Australia led in burglary rates, with nearly 4 percent of the population having been victimized by a burglary. Denmark was second with 3.1 percent; the U.S. was listed eighth at about 1.8 percent.
Interestingly, the study found that one of the lowest victimization rates -- just 15 percent overall -- occurred in Northern Ireland, home of the Irish Republican Army and scene of years of terrorist violence.
Analysts in the U.S. were quick to point out that all of the other industrialized nations included in the survey had stringent gun-control laws, but were overall much more violent than the U.S.
Indeed, information on Handgun Control's Center to Prevent Handgun Violence website actually praises Australia and attempts to portray Australia as a much safer country following strict gun-control measures passed by lawmakers in 1996.
"The next time a credulous friend or acquaintance tells you that Australia actually suffered more crime when they got tougher on guns ... offer him a Foster's, and tell him the facts," the CPHV site says.
"In 1998, the rate at which firearms were used in murder, attempted murder, assault, sexual assault and armed robbery went down. In that year, the last for which statistics are available, the number of murders involving a firearm declined to its lowest point in four years," says CPHV.
However, the International Crime Victims Survey notes that overall crime victimization Down Under rose from 27.8 percent of the population in 1988, to 28.6 percent in 1991 to over 30 percent in 1999.
Advocates of less gun control in the U.S. say the drop in gun murder rates was more than offset by the overall victimization increase. Also, they note that Australia leads the ICVS report in three of four categories -- burglary (3.9 percent of the population), violent crime (4.1 percent) and overall victimization (about 31 percent).
Australia is second to England in auto theft (2.1 percent).
In March 2000, WorldNetDaily reported that since Australia's widespread gun ban, violent crime had increased in the country.
WND reported that, although lawmakers responsible for passing the ban promised a safer country, the nation's crime statistics tell a different story:
* Countrywide, homicides are up 3.2 percent.
* Assaults are up 8.6 percent.
* Amazingly, armed robberies have climbed nearly 45 percent.
* In the Australian state of Victoria, gun homicides have climbed 300 percent.
* In the 25 years before the gun bans, crime in Australia had been dropping steadily.
* There has been a reported "dramatic increase" in home burglaries and assaults on the elderly. America is a great Country. Some of the bigger cities have crime but not like you said. No !!!!
Stay and fix your country . There nothing wrong with the southern states or the western states. There is stuff wrong with different cities but I am not aware of entire states being dangerous. I would not go to LA it is dangerous, NY to expensive. TX is hot as hell but I have heard other what nice. Eastern TN is amazing, North Carolina is beautiful. I would do a Little more research on moving there before you consider it. I would finish your schooling before doing anything. Big question!
1--- I dont think you can judge the US completely by the experiences of your friends. Not all places are that dangerous, and even at night, alot depends on where you are in the city, and how familiar you are with your surroundings. If you are in a bad part of town, and oyu look like oyu are new/foreign/tourist, you might be preyed upon. There are definately places with crime here, but if it was that bad, no one would live in the big cities.
2- Being from Texas myself, I can hardly say to anyone to avoid the southern states! In fact, there is alot of opportunity in the southern US, including some cities with a low cost of living. I have lived all over the US, and all across the country is wonderful and has beauty and opportunity--- I would suggest really researching what kind of area you would like geographically first, then narrow it down from there. ( moutains, by the sea, plains, weather, etc.)
3- why not visit the US or study here to decide? all of us can describe what the US is like, but until you come here and see it, its difficult to compare to other places.
Good luck to you! lol... of course its a little dangerous in NYC and LA, they're major cities!! however America is a great country and I am proud to live here and consider myself lucky, do alot of research and visiting before you make a final decision.
Good luck to you!! Well you can at least speak the language so that is a plus. Otherwise we wouldn't want you here. Just like any other place in the world there are pro's and con's. That's just the way it is. Every nation has poverty and the U S of A is no exception. Parts of LA and New York and many other really big cities are a little dangerous. There are other towns and cities that are about as safe as you can get in a developed nation that offers more civil liberties than Singapore.
Best bet is to settle down somewhere you've never heard of - because it's the nastier (and/or more expensive) places that get the air time.
(Oh, and since this is the immigration section, I must add: come here legally, please.) we steal canadian nurses all the time.
i am giving you some links
us immg nurse are in demand it foryou it would be easier to come to the us due to your job skills
www.uscic.gov see the us govt site too at www.usa.gov
www.ed.gov see foreign trained nurses
lots of free info on all the sites above.
all states have good and bad.
www.doleta.gov has job info and wages bys states explore the site.
some states have higher wages than others it varies as does rents and taxes.
my state is booming as are most western us states.
www.fbi.gov has crime statisitics if you u are interested.
local chamber of commerces can also help you with a move and crime stats for free. local police depts in the us also keep that info public.
explore the www.usa.gov site first
http://www.usa.gov/visitors.shtml All of the major cities in the US are now third world cesspools. You might want to wait until we get the trash taken out and the country cleaned up. A nursing career in the U.S. will pay you very well ($20 to $35 per hour). Since there is a nursing shortage, you will never be without work, provided your RN status in your nation is recognized in the U.S.
In terms of crime, I would advise you to not move to very large cities. Avoid New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and places like that, at least until get used to America. Around the major cities are outlying built up areas, sizable cities that should be much safer.
Texas is a great state and Irving, Arlington and places around those cities in Texas are very clean and nice.
Gun crime is really an over-reported issue in America. If you stay away from crime-ridden areas, then you are very safe.
And poverty in America is really a choice, in my opinion. There are people who are dishonest, who forgo free education, choose drugs, are lazy and just don't do anything about their lives but complain.
But for anyone who takes charge of his or her life, success will come. This is why you hear so many stories (true stories) of (legal) immigrants, who can barely speak English, coming to America and finding rewarding jobs or starting their own businesses. America truly is a land of opportunity.
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