Wich countries do you think that are overrated and wich countries are underrated for each continent????

overrated: Uk, Usa (imo)
underrated: Spain, Poland, China (not on ssc btw:))

/\ true , Poland is underrated like all Eastern Europe

btw mij2 in polish love is "miłość" ;)

How is the Uk overated? Or the US?

A country that is really overated is Monaco, yes there are rich people, yes there is a casino, but really what makes this place that much better than most other upmarket med towns?

Underated: many countries not overrun by tourists...the scenery of central africa is superb, and the culture something else (a bit of a shock at first), eastern europe can be utterly beautiful, Taiwan (my friend raves about the place but otherwise i never hear about it).

Overated: Underrated:
America N/A Canada
Brazil S/A Suriname
U.K Europe Poland
South Africa Africa Morocco
China Asia Malaysia

@Raine thanks :)

I actually think the UK is UNDERRATED if anything!

OVERRATED: US, India, Gulf States in Middle East, France, China (depends how u look at it)

UNDERRATED: most African Countries, Central and some Eastern European countries, China (depends how u look at it), South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Mexico and most Latin American countries...

Overrated:

1. North America: U.S.

2. South America: Argentina

3. Africa: not really any country... seems like the world unfortunately has too many negative images of the entire continent to give a damn about overrating anything.

4. Asia: China

5. Australia and the Pacific Islands: Australia, Tahiti

6. Europe: Italy, France


Underrated:

1. North America: Mexico

2. South America: Brazil, Peru

3. Africa: every country

4. Asia: Philippines, India

5. Australia and the Pacific Islands: New Zealand and all the little tiny islands except the 1 mentioned above in the overrated list.

6. Europe: Portugal, Andorra, The Netherlands and every slavic country.

I would include Russia in this list however I didn't categorize it as it falls in 2 continents and is underrated in both continents imo.

overrated: the US, France, the Uk, Japan, saudi arabia and the UAE

underrated:most of africa, peru venezuela and colombia, all central american countries and cuba, vietnam, iran, south Korea, india (not here though), most of eastern europe

how in the hell is the U.S. overrated? Have you people actually visited America or just seen it on t.v. and assumed it is? These overated/underrated thing is really immature. How can you judge an entire nation without fully experiencing the culture by visiting every corner of it? Who overrates the U.S. anyway..everyone outside the country seems to talk shit about it.

In Europe, Slovenia is truly an underrated country. I remeber being there on a one-day trip throughout the country and oh my, for being such a small country it had almost everything! From the shores of the Adriatic, the hills and forests near Ljubljana (one of the world´s smallest capitals), the great fields and plains near the border to Hungary and of course, the sub-Alpine-Alpine mountains in the north.

In Asia my vote goes to Libanon. Sure, there has been some political unrest after the civil war but it wasn´t called "The Switzerland of Middle East" for nothing. You are always near the snow-rich mountains and the palms by the sea, you reach everything in the country in no time (except for traffic jams).

What now strikes me is that I love these countries because of their small size and they have almost every type of landscape (sea, mountains, plains, hills, temperate climate etc) reachable in almost no time wherever you are in the country.

Its a propaganda. Always something with a walmart or mcdonalds in a sprawl area..


overrated- FRAnce, malaysia(with its petronas tower), um... the OIL middle east countires.

Underrated- Pacific Islands,Africa, most of Latin America, um... eastern europe

everyone thinks the US is over rated? i would say that either youv never realy got the chance to feel all of what the country has to offer or your just plain jelouse. i think the US is rated well becouse it is an awsom country. i know that might come across as ignorant but the bottom line is this country is practicly paved with gold .for those who have brains and are willing to work hard almost everything is for the taking. theres a reason why US citizens have a real county pride and can even come accross as snooty.every corner of the country is dif. and every city is unique. all kinds of terain. all kinds of entertainment from nyc to vagas to skiing the rockies to the grand canyon to beautifull beaches.you might find some hangups about the US but overall this country does not lack anything! the problem is that people dont know how good things are untill they loose it.and all they like to do is complain about things . you can give the people of the world the greatest country in history (US) and thell find things to complain about. somtimes people just piss me off . thats not to say other countys arent good. cuz other countries are cool as hell but to shit on the US is just plain Arragent. i wouldent say its overrated but i would agree about some of the other countries being under rated.

North America; Mexico is underrated. Everything else is rated the way it should be.
South America: They're all underrated ESPECIALLY PERU
Europe: nothing
Asia: Thailand and Philipines are underrated

On SSC

Overrated:
Americas: Canada, Brazil, Argentina (HUGELY)
Asia Pacific and Middle East: UAE. (however i must point out UAE is EXTREMELY underrated outside SSC)
Europe: UK
Africa: none

Underrated:
Americas: Chile
Asia Pacific and Middle East: New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan
Europe: Germany,Poland, Czech Republic, Hungury, Greece.
Africa. Egypt

the whole world itself is underrated

the whole world itself is underrated

thats deep

how in the hell is the U.S. overrated? Have you people actually visited America or just seen it on t.v. and assumed it is? These overated/underrated thing is really immature. How can you judge an entire nation without fully experiencing the culture by visiting every corner of it? Who overrates the U.S. anyway..everyone outside the country seems to talk shit about it.


OOOOOOO someone seems to have a stick up his ass.

Get over it! Some people think the U.S. is overrated; it's an opinion.... GET A LIFE!

I've been to many parts of the U.S. and find that most (if not all of them w/ the exception of Chicago, Boston and the California coastline and interior) of the U.S. is overrated; you have a problem w/ that too bad!

The U.S. is a great country; it's just hyped up sometimes to levels that to me can seem a bit unbearable at times (considering my country is constantly overshadowed w/ yours)...

OVER RATED

US
DUBAI
CHINA

OVER RATED

US
DUBAI
CHINA
why is China over rated?

Over: US, Mexico, China, Cingapoure
Under: Chile, Brazil, Egypt, Venezuela, New Zeland, Japan

=)

Overrated: Australia, China, UAE
Underrated: Canada, US, Russia

Wich countries do you think that are overrated and wich countries are underrated for each continent????

Yours is overrated, mine is underrated! ;)

LOL you speak like Vapour.

Overrated: Australia, China, UAE
Underrated: Canada, US, Russia

You didn't seem to enjoy you're trip to Australia. . .just reading a few of you're posts suggest this.

I don't mind, it's you're opinion and hey, I don't like Sydney...and I'm an Aussie.

underated: australia & canada
overated: usa & UK

everyone thinks the US is over rated? i would say that either youv never realy got the chance to feel all of what the country has to offer or your just plain jelouse. i think the US is rated well becouse it is an awsom country. i know that might come across as ignorant but the bottom line is this country is practicly paved with gold .for those who have brains and are willing to work hard almost everything is for the taking. theres a reason why US citizens have a real county pride and can even come accross as snooty.every corner of the country is dif. and every city is unique. all kinds of terain. all kinds of entertainment from nyc to vagas to skiing the rockies to the grand canyon to beautifull beaches.you might find some hangups about the US but overall this country does not lack anything! the problem is that people dont know how good things are untill they loose it.and all they like to do is complain about things . you can give the people of the world the greatest country in history (US) and thell find things to complain about. somtimes people just piss me off . thats not to say other countys arent good. cuz other countries are cool as hell but to shit on the US is just plain Arragent. i wouldent say its overrated but i would agree about some of the other countries being under rated.


Ok, lets just say I have lived in DC for 4 years, and travelled to new york, florida, louisiana, misouri, and california, I didn't see ALL the country but I got a global view on it, and it is not as diverse as some people may pretend it to be, I find countries like Russia, Indonesia or Brasil to but much more diverse.

I am not saying everything element of the US is superficial, they have brough much in terms of culure, rock, rap, jazz, soul, funk (all created by one specific comunity though) comes from over there, but the influence is way to big, for what really has been brough

everyone thinks the US is over rated? i would say that either youv never realy got the chance to feel all of what the country has to offer or your just plain jelouse. i think the US is rated well becouse it is an awsom country. i know that might come across as ignorant but the bottom line is this country is practicly paved with gold .for those who have brains and are willing to work hard almost everything is for the taking. theres a reason why US citizens have a real county pride and can even come accross as snooty.every corner of the country is dif. and every city is unique. all kinds of terain. all kinds of entertainment from nyc to vagas to skiing the rockies to the grand canyon to beautifull beaches.you might find some hangups about the US but overall this country does not lack anything! the problem is that people dont know how good things are untill they loose it.and all they like to do is complain about things . you can give the people of the world the greatest country in history (US) and thell find things to complain about. somtimes people just piss me off . thats not to say other countys arent good. cuz other countries are cool as hell but to shit on the US is just plain Arragent. i wouldent say its overrated but i would agree about some of the other countries being under rated.


Ok, lets just say I have lived in DC for 4 years, and travelled to new york, florida, louisiana, misouri, and california, I didn't see ALL the country but I got a global view on it, and it is not as diverse as some people may pretend it to be, I find countries like Russia, Indonesia or Brasil to but much more diverse.

I am not saying everything element of the US is superficial, they have brough much in terms of culure, rock, rap, jazz, soul, funk (all created by one specific comunity though) comes from over there, but the influence is way to big, for what really has been brough.

And as for the political aspect you where talking about, I don't think there is a need to boast about the "if you work hard, you'll get rich" thing, first of all, its not the only place in the world that functions like this, and it is not as perfect as your speech may let people believe, I've met many people while living there working all year long, needing two jobs to make ends meet, and having no other choice but to live in slum-like houses (not on the same scale as what can be seen in third world countries but still)

EDIT:sorry for the double post

Ok, lets just say I have lived in DC for 4 years, and travelled to new york, florida, louisiana, misouri, and california, I didn't see ALL the country but I got a global view on it, and it is not as diverse as some people may pretend it to be, I find countries like Russia, Indonesia or Brasil to but much more diverse.

I am not saying everything element of the US is superficial, they have brough much in terms of culure, rock, rap, jazz, soul, funk (all created by one specific comunity though) comes from over there, but the influence is way to big, for what really has been brough

Thats because you didnt come to Chicago and the Midwest...:banana:

Mi List:

Americas
Overrated: Canada, Argentina, Uruguay
Underrated: Chile, Peru

Asia:
O: UAE
U: india

Africa:
O: South Africa
U: Botswana

Europe:
O: France
U: Poland

Canada aint over rated, maybe on ssc, but not in real life.

Canada aint over rated, maybe on ssc, but not in real life.

same for UAE

OVERRATED

USA
FRANCE
UK

OVERRATED

POLAND
JAPAN
CHINA
CANADA
THAILAND
SOUTH KOREA
NEW ZELAND

----------------------------------------------------------------Kanji, aho bajo

OVERRATED:
USA
FRANCE
AUSTRALIA

UNDERRATED:
CHINA
POLAND
SPAIN

^ lol australia is so not over-rated!

same for UAE
yep true, never do i hear of UAE on tv,radio, or newspaper.

Overrated:

Brazil, Dubai, Argentina, China.

Underrated:

Poland, Mexico, Thailand, Chile, New Zealand.

Ok, lets just say I have lived in DC for 4 years, and travelled to new york, florida, louisiana, misouri, and california, I didn't see ALL the country but I got a global view on it, and it is not as diverse as some people may pretend it to be, I find countries like Russia, Indonesia or Brasil to but much more diverse.

I am not saying everything element of the US is superficial, they have brough much in terms of culure, rock, rap, jazz, soul, funk (all created by one specific comunity though) comes from over there, but the influence is way to big, for what really has been brough.

And as for the political aspect you where talking about, I don't think there is a need to boast about the "if you work hard, you'll get rich" thing, first of all, its not the only place in the world that functions like this, and it is not as perfect as your speech may let people believe, I've met many people while living there working all year long, needing two jobs to make ends meet, and having no other choice but to live in slum-like houses (not on the same scale as what can be seen in third world countries but still)
.

Dude thats not AMERICA!!!!!! America is everything in between those cities! dont ever forget that

Dude thats not AMERICA!!!!!! America is everything in between those cities! dont ever forget that


The only two cities I talked about were DC and New york, for the rest I only mentioned the states, because that's exactly where I went, the countryside etc, and I'v went into big parts of Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania too, since it wasn't that far, I didn't just go from city to city ;)

thats not alot of area coverage man. you skiped the southwest, midwest, the rockies and most of the mountainous region,north parts of the pacific regions,west north central, as well as many areas of the regions youve cheacked out. when youv seen over 40 states and see the things each one has to offer then come back to me and see of you have the chutzpah to tell me this countrie is not amazing

thats not alot of area coverage man. you skiped the southwest, midwest, the rockies and most of the mountainous region,north parts of the pacific regions,west north central, as well as many areas of the regions youve cheacked out. when youv seen over 40 states and see the things each one has to offer then come back to me and see of you have the chutzpah to tell me this countrie is not amazing

Perhaps he hasn't covered alot of area but I have and I agree w/ him that the U.S. is overrated.

I've driven through all the states on the east coast from NY to Florida and then back up passing through Kentucky and Tennessee. I've been to Maine and Mass. in New England (I went to Vermont when I was younger but don't remember alot). I've driven to Chicago passing through Michigan and Indiana. I've gone to hicktown southern Illinois and got started at in a town diner w/ my family for being the only Asians in the town. I've been to Minnesota and hick Iowa. I've also driven from SF down to the border at Tijuana where my uncle works for U.S. Immigration. Oh and I've also spent time in Hawaii (which is more of a foreign country than anything else).

Through my various experiences in the U.S. I found that its a very diverse and wonderful country but hyped up to the max. It doesn't differ that much from my country and yet it seems as if the regions that make the U.S. special are a monopoly of the U.S. which is far from the truth. He may not have the chutzpah to say that the U.S. is overrated but I do...

Nikko, I also love Sydney (it's one of my favorite cities), that doesn't mean that I can't think it's overrated, especially on the forums.

^hows it overrated than?

^ lol australia is so not over-rated!

Says the person who said the UK was over-rated!

Overrated americas usa
Underrated canada , panama,chile.

the rest i dont know couse i never been there.

Says the person who said the UK was over-rated!
uk IS overrated!

london this london that, paris kills london anyday!

argentina, overrated? oh guys u don't even know what the country is like.. and the image people from abroad have of the country is really bad compared to reality

Canada and Australia are vastly overrated both in real life and on this board.

Countries like Chile, Norway, most of Eastern Europe are underrated.

Canada and Australia are vastly overrated both in real life and on this board.

Countries like Chile, Norway, most of Eastern Europe are underrated.

canda and australia are heavily underated!

Overrated: USA (been there yeah)
Underrated: France outside Paris (people just don't know what's in France outside Paris and often say the country is crap)

^france is a super country, simply judging by paris, paris is great so ulimatly france is./

Overrated :

US (I think any western country with 300 millions of inhabitants would be as powerful as the USA)
UK (They are overrated because they speak the same language as the american but actually they don't contribute more than the other european countries. They are overrated in technlogy because of that whereas most of the european high technology company aren't from UK. UK has one of the slowest internet access of Europe for example. Also they don't have much power where the USA aren't. For example in Europe.)
France (I think anybody in the world know this little country of only 59 millions of people)

Underrated :

Germany. (It's the more powerful european country)
Italy. (Italy is almost as powerful as France but still is behind)
The Netherland (could be the most powerfull country if it had more inhabitants)
Brazil (one of the future superpower IMO).

Also France is underrated in new technologies. It has some of the most powerfull high technologies companies in the world (Areva (nuclear energy leader), SNCF (TGV - high speed train), Alcatel (leader in optical fiber and DSL technlogy), UbiSoft (first european software maker), etc) but still people think the French don't know anything about technology. :(

Brazil is underrated in ares like culture, economy and life standards. It's a poor country, no doubts, but it has also more than 40.000.000 middle classe people and has universities, orchestras, theathers,etc... many poeple think it's just a huge slum with illiterate people.

Brazil is, however, overrated in other areas, like the "beauty" of the population. We aren't uglier neither prettier than the rest of the world.

france isnt small, in population or land size .. and its not overrated

^france is a super country, simply judging by paris, paris is great so ulimatly france is./

Wasnt you just a second going 'London this London that'

yea, i said london is overrated ... and that france was underrated ..?

You said basicly the UK is to centralised (which it isnt)....the you say you think France is great because of Paris...tut tut tut!

Over rated:
European powers: UK, France, Italy, Spain... => Strong Euro and boom their economy
is 40% larer than 3 years ago.... mirage or reality?

Under-rated:
Asian countries in general: China, India, S. Korea, Taiwan, Japan...
Latin America: Brazil !!
Middle East: Iran (very old and rich culture with huge oil reserve), Turkey

Overated:
-Some parts of the USA
-France

Underated:
-Canada
-Australia
-...

everyone thinks the US is over rated? i would say that either youv never realy got the chance to feel all of what the country has to offer or your just plain jelouse. i think the US is rated well becouse it is an awsom country. i know that might come across as ignorant but the bottom line is this country is practicly paved with gold .for those who have brains and are willing to work hard almost everything is for the taking. theres a reason why US citizens have a real county pride and can even come accross as snooty.every corner of the country is dif. and every city is unique. all kinds of terain. all kinds of entertainment from nyc to vagas to skiing the rockies to the grand canyon to beautifull beaches.you might find some hangups about the US but overall this country does not lack anything! the problem is that people dont know how good things are untill they loose it.and all they like to do is complain about things . you can give the people of the world the greatest country in history (US) and thell find things to complain about. somtimes people just piss me off . thats not to say other countys arent good. cuz other countries are cool as hell but to shit on the US is just plain Arragent. i wouldent say its overrated but i would agree about some of the other countries being under rated.

I live in NY, USA (Check up my IP). I do think US is highly overrated.

^ lol usa is way over rated, especilay NYC! toyko i never hear of, nyc all the time. why do ppl all over the world know all 52 states? overrated badly!

^ What are the last two states???

Overrated: Ireland
Underated: New Zealand

Overrated: Scandinavian countries.
Underrated: Easter european countries, Poland, CZeck, etc.

i dont think the US is overrated, but i think it has lot of attention due to hollywood movies, and you don´t see much hollywood movies of other cities like tokyo, etc. which also are excellent.

Overrated:
USA (of course), Sweden, Australia and maybe Malaysia.

Underrated:
Most of the East Asian Countries like China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. In Europe I would say Poland and Chezc Republic.

Overrated:

USA
300 million vs 6.000 million. The USA underestimate the world outside the USA.

China
There is so much news about the big progress and everything but i was in the richest city in the country and it was only okay.


Underrrated:

Russia
They have still enough nuclear missiles to destroy the whole world and this country has the most mineral resources in the world.

Japan
No one talking about this this country because there are not so many changes but this country is still the second largest economy on this planet.

US overrated?

with roughly speaking 1/3 of word economy and military budget that surpasses the sum of the rest fo the world... only country with the currency accepted as de-facto international currency... Nobel prize winners every year in every field... etc...

Still overrated?.......
I am not american but fair..

I've been to many parts of the U.S. and find that most (if not all of them w/ the exception of Chicago, Boston and the California coastline and interior) of the U.S. is overrated; you have a problem w/ that too bad!

youve been to many parts.....MANY? Many is not all. Have you climbed/skied/camped/hiked/or snowboarded in the Rocky Mountains, went dogsleding in Alaska, hiked or rode the whitewater rapids in the Grand Canyon, taken a fast swamp boat to see alligators in the swamps of Flordia or Louisanna, went down the Mississippi River on a Riverboat, sunbathed or scuba dived in Hawaii, snowmobiled/ATVed/hunted in Wisconsin/Michigan/or Minnesota forests, or just enjoyed the openness and vastness of the rolling plains and fields of the Great Plains?? Thats not everything you can do here...it didnt even involve cities. If you did all that and more and were still displeased.....then I think you should get on the next f'ing space flight to Mars because nothing in this world will make you happy.

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^ What are the last two states???

canada and the united kingdom. :crazy:

o^.

Switzerland is underrated...

youve been to many parts.....MANY? Many is not all. Have you climbed/skied/camped/hiked/or snowboarded in the Rocky Mountains, went dogsleding in Alaska, hiked or rode the whitewater rapids in the Grand Canyon, taken a fast swamp boat to see alligators in the swamps of Flordia or Louisanna, went down the Mississippi River on a Riverboat, sunbathed or scuba dived in Hawaii, snowmobiled/ATVed/hunted in Wisconsin/Michigan/or Minnesota forests, or just enjoyed the openness and vastness of the rolling plains and fields of the Great Plains?? Thats not everything you can do here...it didnt even involve cities. If you did all that and more and were still displeased.....then I think you should get on the next f'ing space flight to Mars because nothing in this world will make you happy.

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That's why I think this country is overrated, yes there are many diverse things, but many of its citizens consider that every possible thing on earth can be found in the states, that it has everything, when it has not, I know so many americans who really think their nation is the center of the world, and what you said is just an example of this "of nothing here please's you, nothing will".

And I think sometimes it is quite overrated for foreigners because of hollywoods, we all met someone, wherever we come from, that was fascinated by the united states, mostly because of the image hollywood gives of the nation, and many people where deceived by life in the states, because it wasn't at all what they where expecting to see.

In SSC :
Overrated : Dubai , China , Thailand
Underrated : Brazil , france , South Africa , Mexico , ARgentina , Malaysia

^ Dubai isn't a country.

^ lol usa is way over rated, especilay NYC! toyko i never hear of, nyc all the time. why do ppl all over the world know all 52 states? overrated badly!

You know, it's not often that "lol" means someone is ACTUALLY laughing out loud.

But... lol!

Overrated: Thailand, Brazil, Egypt and Ireland.

Underated: Australia, UK, New Zealand, Eastern Europe, China and India.

Especially in SSC:
Underrated: New Zealand, Switzerland, Argentina, Finland, Egypt and India
Overrated: Emirates, Malaysia, South Korea, Poland, Australia, Turkey and Colombia

argentina, overrated? oh guys u don't even know what the country is like.. and the image people from abroad have of the country is really bad compared to reality

Ummm not really ... check the Spanish forum and you'll find that most Spaniards would either live in Chile or Argentina if they were to live in South America...

Everytime someone posts pictures of Buenos Aires and Argentina in general you hardly get any criticism just continuous ovation.

The image people from abroad have of Argentina is full of stereotypes (every country has that) but nontheless they are POSITIVE ONES: Gauchos, football, steak, Buenos Aires, Mate, Tango... etc. these are the first (and sometimes only) images that pop-up in foreign minds when the word Argentina is mentioned...

Compare that to Brazil were 9 out of 10 times anything having to do w/ poverty is likely to pop-up in the "general Brazilian stereotypes" category regardless of whether the fact that Argentina has quite a substantial percentage of its population living below the poverty-line

youve been to many parts.....MANY? Many is not all. Have you climbed/skied/camped/hiked/or snowboarded in the Rocky Mountains, went dogsleding in Alaska, hiked or rode the whitewater rapids in the Grand Canyon, taken a fast swamp boat to see alligators in the swamps of Flordia or Louisanna, went down the Mississippi River on a Riverboat, sunbathed or scuba dived in Hawaii, snowmobiled/ATVed/hunted in Wisconsin/Michigan/or Minnesota forests, or just enjoyed the openness and vastness of the rolling plains and fields of the Great Plains?? Thats not everything you can do here...it didnt even involve cities. If you did all that and more and were still displeased.....then I think you should get on the next f'ing space flight to Mars because nothing in this world will make you happy.

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Ok GET A LIFE!!!!

First of all I don't think you'd want me to go into detail as to my 2 week car trip along the entire east coast.

I didn't say I wasn't happy or that I didn't enjoy the U.S. but its comments like this were its as if everyone else in the world was 'unfortunate' to not be American and live in the U.S. that really confirms just how OVERRATED YOUR COUNTRY IS.

Have you climbed/skied/camped/hiked/or snowboarded in the Rocky Mountains, went dogsleding in Alaska

No and why would I since I can't stand cold climates? Anyways I can do all those things in my country for a cheaper price and I'd pick Banff national park anyday over Alaska...

hiked or rode the whitewater rapids in the Grand Canyon

I can do that in Mexico...

taken a fast swamp boat to see alligators in the swamps of Flordia

I can do that in the South American Pantanal ... For the record the Florida swamp smells like @$$ near the border w/ Georgia

sunbathed or scuba dived in Hawaii

Sunbathed in Hawaii and it was good... but again its overrated b/c there are tons of places like Waikiki in the world that deserve (and yet don't receive) the same amount of exposure as Waikiki does...

snowmobiled/ATVed/hunted in Wisconsin/Michigan/or Minnesota forests

I can do that in Northern Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut... etc. A forest is a forest is a forest is a forest ...

or just enjoyed the openness and vastness of the rolling plains and fields of the Great Plains??

I can do that in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta...

Thats not everything you can do here...it didnt even involve cities. If you did all that and more and were still displeased.....then I think you should get on the next f'ing space flight to Mars because nothing in this world will make you happy.

Sorry... you have yet to prove to me what makes those places you mentioned are so much more worthy of my attention than the ones I suggested (and which get less airtime on primetime television than the places you told me).

Until then the U.S. is overrated imo no matter how much you love, hate or just don't plain care about my opinion...

I think Spain is largely overrated. Everyone goes on and on about Spain being this and that and they forget it would be the poorest country in the EU15 if it weren't for Portugal and Greece. Lucky them they have these two countries, it has saved them from having a bad image. And many areas of these two countries are richer than Spain! Madrid is completely overrated, everybody seems to like it because nightlife is (apparently) so good there´and they forget to judge everything else. Architecturaly Madrid's nothing special REALLY, nor is Spanih architecture, being Gaudi the only exception

Pedrocid strikes back...I thought he would give us a longer break ...but i was wrong.

@A los demas, no le entréis al trapo, este tipo no puede pasar sin buscar bronca de una u otra manera con los españoles, así que la mejor manera de fastidiarle es ignorándolo...ya se cansará.

everyone thinks the US is over rated? i would say that either youv never realy got the chance to feel all of what the country has to offer or your just plain jelouse. i think the US is rated well becouse it is an awsom country. i know that might come across as ignorant but the bottom line is this country is practicly paved with gold .for those who have brains and are willing to work hard almost everything is for the taking. theres a reason why US citizens have a real county pride and can even come accross as snooty.every corner of the country is dif. and every city is unique. all kinds of terain. all kinds of entertainment from nyc to vagas to skiing the rockies to the grand canyon to beautifull beaches.you might find some hangups about the US but overall this country does not lack anything! the problem is that people dont know how good things are untill they loose it.and all they like to do is complain about things . you can give the people of the world the greatest country in history (US) and thell find things to complain about. somtimes people just piss me off . thats not to say other countys arent good. cuz other countries are cool as hell but to shit on the US is just plain Arragent. i wouldent say its overrated but i would agree about some of the other countries being under rated.

OH MY Goodness.... um ok...

The USA is NOT the greatest country ever by any measurement, I wouldn't even consider it the best country in the world now. In fact, it's really more of a second world country compared to Western Europe. As an American myself and having traveled well throughout alot of west Europe, I can say first hand how the US is so behind.

If the USA is so 'paved with gold' for opportunity, how come there are SOO many poor people, beggars and homeless people?? You see more beggars walking 10 blocks of downtown Chicago than in a whole week in London. Not to mention the homicide rate in the US is about 100 X's that of the UK. Ultimately the spending of the national budget shows what kind of a society we are. When 60% of all of our resources go to the military, it is revealed that we are violent, impatient and fearful. I wish we spent our resources on helping people instead of being powerful and controlling them, maybe then the US would be a more popular country.

US public schools are garbage, I'm going to one. We are one of the only countries in the world with capital punishment (yes, along with China, and we know how strong they are in human rights).

Ohyeah, and the only reason everybody in the States these days is SO intensely nationalistic is because of September 11th. It's simple. Obviously the US is not a facist state, but it does contain all of the properties of one: amped up military, gov't. favoring big private businesses, a common enemy to unite the people against, national security ahead of human rights (PATRIOT ACT).

Over-rated:
N America: USA
South America: Brazil
Africa: South Africa
Europe: France, Germany, UK, Italy
Asia: China (what's all the hype about?), Australia, UAE, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore

Under-rated:
N America: Canada, Mexico
S America: Argentina
Africa: Morocco, Tanzania
Europe: Spain, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland
Asia: Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea, Bangladesh

UNDERRATED:

1. Philippines (In a continent with nations such as Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia, etc. it's quite easy for the Philippines to be overlooked)

2. South Africa (Strongest African nation yet we don't hear much about them)

3. Canada/Mexico (US gets ALL the attention [positive and negative] in North America)

In fact, it's really more of a second world country compared to Western Europe.

That's just a foolish statement. There are particular categories in which some Western European countries exceed the USA, but to say that it's a world behind on balance is simply wrong.

You see more beggars walking 10 blocks of downtown Chicago than in a whole week in London.

Again, that's just wrong. You must not have explored London very much.

When 60% of all of our resources go to the military, it is revealed that we are violent, impatient and fearful.

No. All that is revealed is that the miiltary is a major national priority for us. The fact that our military is a leader in peacekeeping and disaster-relief operations indicates that we are not simply "violent, impatient and fearful".

US public schools are garbage, I'm going to one.

Obviously you haven't made it to college yet.

We are one of the only countries in the world with capital punishment

Wrong. I'm not sure if that statement was ignorant or Euro-centric, or both.

I'm not defending anything from wickedestcity's ignorant post (judging by his diction he can't be any older than 14 or 15), but your post is only taking it to the other extreme. The standard of living in the US is only exceeded by a few other countries, none of which have to deal with the US's level of expenditure in infrastructure, social services or military action. "Second world"? Hardly.

That's just a foolish statement. There are particular categories in which some Western European countries exceed the USA, but to say that it's a world behind on balance is simply wrong.



Again, that's just wrong. You must not have explored London very much.

Poverty in the us is really higher then in the UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Scandinavia, Italy etc, it's just a fact, even if the british system is closer to the US's then to other european nations, the living conditions of poors in the us are closer to what can be found in the third world, and yes still today, it did not end in the 80's, but don't worry, us europeans are catching up on that.



No. All that is revealed is that the miiltary is a major national priority for us. The fact that our military is a leader in peacekeeping and disaster-relief operations indicates that we are not simply "violent, impatient and fearful".


What about: The war in Irak, in Afghanistan, the invasion of Panama in 89, the attack of pharmaceutical plant in Sudan, the restauration of president Aristide of Haiti in 94-96 by the US army, these are not peacekeeping and disaster-relief operations, and not to talk about the states that the US gives military support to, such as Israel, who are far from being peacefull.





Wrong. I'm not sure if that statement was ignorant or Euro-centric, or both.

I'm not defending anything from wickedestcity's ignorant post (judging by his diction he can't be any older than 14 or 15), but your post is only taking it to the other extreme. The standard of living in the US is only exceeded by a few other countries, none of which have to deal with the US's level of expenditure in infrastructure, social services or military action. "Second world"? Hardly.

The only thing it is higher in, is GNP which just measures the numbers of riches produced in a nation, it can be a usefull tool, but it doesn't show much about the standard of living (well it's obvious that in a nation such as zimbabwe who has a very low GNP, living conditions are gonna be far behind Japan, but I'm talking about developed countries here)

OH MY Goodness.... um ok...

The USA is NOT the greatest country ever by any measurement, I wouldn't even consider it the best country in the world now. In fact, it's really more of a second world country compared to Western Europe. As an American myself and having traveled well throughout alot of west Europe, I can say first hand how the US is so behind.

If the USA is so 'paved with gold' for opportunity, how come there are SOO many poor people, beggars and homeless people?? You see more beggars walking 10 blocks of downtown Chicago than in a whole week in London. Not to mention the homicide rate in the US is about 100 X's that of the UK. Ultimately the spending of the national budget shows what kind of a society we are. When 60% of all of our resources go to the military, it is revealed that we are violent, impatient and fearful. I wish we spent our resources on helping people instead of being powerful and controlling them, maybe then the US would be a more popular country.

US public schools are garbage, I'm going to one. We are one of the only countries in the world with capital punishment (yes, along with China, and we know how strong they are in human rights).

Ohyeah, and the only reason everybody in the States these days is SO intensely nationalistic is because of September 11th. It's simple. Obviously the US is not a facist state, but it does contain all of the properties of one: amped up military, gov't. favoring big private businesses, a common enemy to unite the people against, national security ahead of human rights (PATRIOT ACT).


bravoooooooooooo this is a good coment. :)

That's just a foolish statement. There are particular categories in which some Western European countries exceed the USA, but to say that it's a world behind on balance is simply wrong.



Again, that's just wrong. You must not have explored London very much.



No. All that is revealed is that the miiltary is a major national priority for us. The fact that our military is a leader in peacekeeping and disaster-relief operations indicates that we are not simply "violent, impatient and fearful".



Obviously you haven't made it to college yet.



Wrong. I'm not sure if that statement was ignorant or Euro-centric, or both.

I'm not defending anything from wickedestcity's ignorant post (judging by his diction he can't be any older than 14 or 15), but your post is only taking it to the other extreme. The standard of living in the US is only exceeded by a few other countries, none of which have to deal with the US's level of expenditure in infrastructure, social services or military action. "Second world"? Hardly.


you are so wrong , foolish you dont see the reality.

uk IS overrated!

london this london that, paris kills london anyday!

I think what you mean is: "London is over-rated." The UK is very much under-rated, as the quote I have provided shows. The UK is not just London. Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool etc? Scotland, Wales, N-Ireland, England? Over-rated? I think not.

Underated: Philippines

I think Spain is largely overrated. Everyone goes on and on about Spain being this and that and they forget it would be the poorest country in the EU15 if it weren't for Portugal and Greece. Lucky them they have these two countries, it has saved them from having a bad image. And many areas of these two countries are richer than Spain! Madrid is completely overrated, everybody seems to like it because nightlife is (apparently) so good there´and they forget to judge everything else. Architecturaly Madrid's nothing special REALLY, nor is Spanih architecture, being Gaudi the only exception

I think that Spain is properly rated, it is 5th in population/economy
(am I right?) in the western Europe. Also it has big cultural/diplomatic
influence on Latin America. On the other hand, I am not sure
of Portugal's influence to much bigger and diverse Brazil.

I think Spain is largely overrated. Everyone goes on and on about Spain being this and that and they forget it would be the poorest country in the EU15 if it weren't for Portugal and Greece. Lucky them they have these two countries, it has saved them from having a bad image. And many areas of these two countries are richer than Spain! Madrid is completely overrated, everybody seems to like it because nightlife is (apparently) so good there´and they forget to judge everything else. Architecturaly Madrid's nothing special REALLY, nor is Spanih architecture, being Gaudi the only exception

Wow man i could not DIS-agree with you more. If anything Spain is underrated. It's an amazing and great place- best country i have ever visited. But everyone has their own experiences..

For the Record i would say that even tho Europe is the most visited place on Earth it is still underrated. Even the smallest towns in Europe have more than most larger towns anywhere else in the world. I'd love to see cities like Florence with only 475,000 be so beautiful, cultural and nice. Same goes for Segovia, San Sebastian and probably 100's more cities. The whole place is amazing and whats even better is that most is just untouched, and real.

Thats my 0.2c

I think that Spain is properly rated, it is 5th in population/economy
(am I right?) in the western Europe. Also it has big cultural/diplomatic
influence on Latin America. On the other hand, I am not sure
of Portugal's influence to much bigger and diverse Brazil.

in what terms? Spain's power over Latin-America has been exagerated

Portugal has diplomatic/cultural/ecomonical influence in Brazil. So what if it's more diverse?

But I waqn't talking about POrtugal.

in what terms? Spain's power over Latin-America has been exagerated

Portugal has diplomatic/cultural/ecomonical influence in Brazil. So what if it's more diverse?

But I waqn't talking about POrtugal.


nowadays, the mayor investors in Brazil are USA and Spain

so what influence?¿?¿ the influence is they speak portuguese?¿?¿? :cheers:

Australia,Bali,UK, i reacon they are so over rated more than alot of others that should be rated like America,Canada,New Zealand etc.

Don't taken offense to people finding the US to be overrrated. It is just their way of saying that they don't like our president.

ok i have been in the U.S to much...WAY TOOO MUCH and it is overrated
Canada on the othehand is really under rated..especialy by Americans

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Don't taken offense to people finding the US to be overrrated. It is just their way of saying that they don't like our president.


False (well for me), I hate Putin but I don't think Russia is overrated, I hate Kadhafi, but I don't thing iran is overrated etc

It's surprising how some of you can't stand the idea that the us might be overrated

Poverty in the us is really higher then in the UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Scandinavia, Italy etc,

First of all, that must be a very broad "etc." if you're seriously arguing that the US is in the lower end of the world's poverty spectrum.

Secondly, poverty in the US is high only in relative terms. If you measure poverty by absolute standards (i.e., you account for the fact that differing economic systems resist relativized comparison based on median incomes) the USA actually does quite well.

the living conditions of poors in the us are closer to what can be found in the third world,

I'd like to see your evidence for that. People spend plenty of time bitching about American health care and education, but it's a hell of a lot better than "third world" my friend. The average person defined as "poor" in America isn't living extravagantly, but over 70% of the time he is able to cover all his essential expenses with his own income. Property ownership among the poor is impressive, and issues like overcrowding and starvation are not much of an issue at all.


What about: The war in Irak, in Afghanistan, the invasion of Panama in 89, the attack of pharmaceutical plant in Sudan, the restauration of president Aristide of Haiti in 94-96 by the US army, these are not peacekeeping and disaster-relief operations, and not to talk about the states that the US gives military support to, such as Israel, who are far from being peacefull.

The US doesn't have the luxury of being a force only for peacekeeping... though it DOES do a ton of relief and peacekeeping work in conjunction with the UN. But when the time comes for military conflict, the US is the country people look to do the dirty work. South Korea, Yugoslavia, Iraq in the 1990s, and plenty of other places have been American-led projects. Sorry our military can't be all peace and love, but they're not some scourge on the earth either.


The only thing it is higher in, is GNP which just measures the numbers of riches produced in a nation, it can be a usefull tool, but it doesn't show much about the standard of living

That's all well and fine. Now produce some stats to show why the USA is a "second world" country.

Over/underrated in what respect and by whom? The question is way too broad, thereby allowing each respondent to select his own covert criteria. One person might have a geo-political basis for his opinion, while another might be referring to quality of life. And when did this become a forum about countries instead of cities?

Surprise: An SSC post created to say something about the U.S. isn't great. Can't believe that such a post would take place on SSC.

Pick on US/UK thread this, isnt it? - Pile of shite.

Yours is overrated, mine is underrated! ;)

;)

UNDERRATED:

1. Philippines (In a continent with nations such as Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia, etc. it's quite easy for the Philippines to be overlooked)

2. South Africa (Strongest African nation yet we don't hear much about them)

3. Canada/Mexico (US gets ALL the attention [positive and negative] in North America)
Philippines and Canada/Mexico I agree. But South Africa at least for Swiss and Germans is THE place to go in Africa, not only for vacation, but also to work, make movies, sports and wildlife. I guess it overtook Kenia by far and will soon also overtake the closer Egypt. Everyone knows Jo'burgh and Cape Town also by pictures and it was (unfortunatly) even already during Apartheit times and now THE economy partner for many European nations in Africa apart from Nigeria. Don't forget also all the music, dance-shows etc that come out of that country and flood Europe. I think it's even over-rated, but I woulnd't go that far.

For the size, pop und economy countries like Nigeria, Algeria and Morrocco are far underrated.

united state is fucking shity overrate
japan and korea are underrate
may be many forumer come from NA......

Korea and US yes, Japan is not underrated - at least not in economics and architecture - though in culture, nature and sports...

Overrated:

North America: USA
South America: Argentina
Europe: UK, France & the concept of European Union (it is not that united)
Asia: China
Africa: NONE

Underrated:

North America: Mexico
South America: Peru & Brazil
Europe: Most of Eastern Europe
Asia: Malaysia & South Korea
Africa: The whole continent

OVERRATED

ASIA: China (the coming superpower always in every newspaper, SSC flooded with lots of pictures from chinese cities etc.)

OCEANIA: Australia.

AFRICA: none (people is so ignorant about Africa, I have been there, I know how africa is, if people just knew!! is not just starving kids, open your mind people)

SOUTH AMERICA: brazil and argentina (the only fact that every think these two countries are underrated while ignoring the rest, shows you they are overrated).

NORTH AMERICA: all of it (canada, USA, mexico) The US is the most overrated of all, Is even boring when you hear about the USA nowadays, news from the US, stuff about the US etc, is just everywhere u turn, it gets tiresome.

MIDDLE EAST: wherever Dubay is located UAE.

EUROPE: France (paris is OVERRATED),
the UK (LONDON IS OVERRATED),
Italy (you can only get so much of rome, venice, milano etc.),
Spain (I think Spain is extremely overrated, i have been there and i didnt think it was that spectacular as the german and english tourists that go there say it is).

UNDERRATED

ASIA: south east asia is very underrated

AFRICA: is all underrated.

OCEANIA: pacific islands, and newzealand

EUROPE: Eastern europe, russia & Escandinavia.

MIDDLE EAST: every thing except dubai

NORTH AMERICA: the central american region.

SOUTH AMERICA: everything except brazil and argentina, the most underrated are especially colombia, paraguay and venezuela.

Underated: Definently eastern europe. Countries like Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia. South Africa is also underated.

Ok, lets just say I have lived in DC for 4 years, and travelled to new york, florida, louisiana, misouri, and california, I didn't see ALL the country but I got a global view on it, and it is not as diverse as some people may pretend it to be, I find countries like Russia, Indonesia or Brasil to but much more diverse.

I am not saying everything element of the US is superficial, they have brough much in terms of culure, rock, rap, jazz, soul, funk (all created by one specific comunity though) comes from over there, but the influence is way to big, for what really has been brough.

And as for the political aspect you where talking about, I don't think there is a need to boast about the "if you work hard, you'll get rich" thing, first of all, its not the only place in the world that functions like this, and it is not as perfect as your speech may let people believe, I've met many people while living there working all year long, needing two jobs to make ends meet, and having no other choice but to live in slum-like houses (not on the same scale as what can be seen in third world countries but still)

EDIT:sorry for the double post

When you say Brazil, Russia and Indonesia are more diverese, do you mean to say the vast inequality that exists in these countries. The gap between rich and poor could be classed as diversity. However, if you are talking about people, Russia is far less diverse as is indonesia compared to the US, UK. Maybe you like the corruption and violence? I'm sure these countries are beaustiful in their own way but i don't understand why you chose countries that have many injustices and internal problems, maybe you could explain.

Underated: Definently eastern europe. Countries like Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia. South Africa is also underated.

Czechoslovakia WAS underrated :)

But that's true, Slovakia is underrated compared to its neighbours (Czech republic, Poland and Hungary, which are already highly touristic destinations)

What about Bulgaria....never hear about it on here....or much in the real life...its a top place.

overated: nyc and la are the only overated in north america ,london in the uk is the only overated place in europe,colomibia is the only overated place in south america, and vietnam and singapore are the only overated countries in asia

Underated:all of asia , all of canada and the rest of the usa all of africa and all of europe and the most underated of all is australia

The US is highly underrated. Overrated "space" "mars" the "moon"

When you say Brazil, Russia and Indonesia are more diverese, do you mean to say the vast inequality that exists in these countries. The gap between rich and poor could be classed as diversity. However, if you are talking about people, Russia is far less diverse as is indonesia compared to the US, UK. Maybe you like the corruption and violence? I'm sure these countries are beaustiful in their own way but i don't understand why you chose countries that have many injustices and internal problems, maybe you could explain.


I meant culturaly diverse, and geographicly.

Overrated "space" "mars" the "moon"
What do you mean exactly?

the United states is BY FAR the most OVERRATED country on this planet.

you can also add France and Italy.

The stupidity of this thread is what's underrated.

the United states is BY FAR the most OVERRATED country on this planet.

you can also add France and Italy.
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Please don't resurrect threads like this.