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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] Slam_Eye@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have visited the us on long roadtrips down both coasts. I was shocked at the state of their cities. Extremely run down and in a poor state, homeless everywhere and the people who werent homeless were very fat and unhealthy. It was very unpleasant to be there.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Average US visit right there