Is Macau a third world country?

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kant

Discussion Starter · Apr 10, 2006

I just wented on a tour to macau for my spring break. I come back with a question. Is Mecau a third world country(region..)? It seems the public sophistication is very low there. The places that most interested me are those near the China-macau border.

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hkth

· #2 · Apr 10, 2006

Absolutely not if count on the GDP!

didu

· #3 · Apr 10, 2006

kant, do you know how similar your username sounds to "****"?

kant

Discussion Starter · #4 · Apr 10, 2006

hkth said:
Absolutely not if count on the GDP!

Perhaps GDP is not a very good measure. People spit, and pick their nose on the streets. What the hell is that?

kant

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 10, 2006

didu said:
kant, do you know how similar your username sounds to "****"?

No.

Portugues

· #6 · Apr 10, 2006

Third World Country... that sounds so so so ridiculous

Come on mate. Visit Macau 1st and then... give your serious opinion!

hkskyline

· #7 · Apr 10, 2006

kant said:
Perhaps GDP is not a very good measure. People spit, and pick their nose on the streets. What the hell is that?

I haven't seen the locals do that!

Pangu

· #8 · Apr 10, 2006

kant said:
Perhaps GDP is not a very good measure. People spit, and pick their nose on the streets. What the hell is that?

Here in Texas, once you get out of the urban areas, people spit, pick their noses, and some even piss in public. Of course, even within urban areas, such as my hometown of Houston, it isn't rare to run into people who do those things mentioned above either.

As far as I know, whether a country/region is considered "third world" or not depends on the GDP, and not some kind of universal social behavior standard... which would be very difficult to measure unless one is to assume EVERYONE in the world have the same values and behave the same way...

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Portugues

· #9 · Apr 10, 2006

Pangu said:
Here in Texas, ...

Macau is not Texas (or wherever it is Texas...). Macanese people is polite and not rude barbarians.

SeeMacau

· #10 · Apr 11, 2006

macau is definitely not a third world country, at least you dont see any homelessness and people begging in the streets.

btw, i dont think i have see anyone split when i was in macau, coz u have to pay a very heavy fines by doing it.

sasamaca

· #11 · Apr 17, 2006

but i do see some....
maybe they are elder macau citizens, or visitors from the mainland china...i guess

Pangu

· #12 · Apr 17, 2006

Portugues said:
Macau is not Texas (or wherever it is Texas...). Macanese people is polite and not rude barbarians.

Who said people of Macau are "rude barbarians"? A tad sensitive aren't we? BTW, it's kant who said that people in Macau pick their noses and spit on the ground, not me. I was merely pointing out that such behavior is not limited to third world countries/regions... :sleepy:

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Locust

· #13 · Apr 17, 2006

Pangu said:
Here in Texas, once you get out of the urban areas, people spit, pick their noses, and some even piss in public. Of course, even within urban areas, such as my hometown of Houston, it isn't rare to run into people who do those things mentioned above either.

After I visited Texas a few times... I thinks that Texas does not
look `1st world' at all... Even 3rd world countries have 1st world looking
corners and vice-versa....

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Pangu

· #14 · Apr 17, 2006

Locust said:
After I visited Texas a few times... I thinks that Texas does not
look `1st world' at all... Even 3rd world countries have 1st world looking
corners and vice-versa....

Where did you go in Texas? You can still get a taste of first world in major cities like Houston, Dallas, Austin but aside from that, rural Texas is pretty third world-like.

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Portugues

· #15 · Apr 18, 2006

sasamaca said:
but i do see some....
maybe they are elder macau citizens, or visitors from the mainland china...i guess

Macanese are different from Mainland boys

Skybean

· #16 · Apr 18, 2006

I pick my nose.

Pangu

· #17 · Apr 18, 2006

Portugues said:
Macanese are different from Mainland boys

Yes, apparently they believe discrimination based on stereotype is an acceptable behavior...

Skybean said:
I pick my nose.

Frankly, I'd hate to see a nose that has never been... "picked"...

However, just like farting, pissing and any other... more "private" activities, they should not be conducted in public.

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