# Rant About America v.My trip to Uruguay **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 17, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rant-about-america-v-my-trip-to-uruguay/14727 "2006-07-17T22:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rant-about-america-v-my-trip-to-uruguay/14727/11 "2006-07-19T21:20:57Z")
I’ve been home for 3 days now, and holy shit. As unpleasant as it was I think that last trip has really done me some good. Montevideo wasn’t that bad (although the rest of the country was) but it’s just that at home I have it so fucking good. I can run to the store and get all kinds of healthy food. I can drive knowing that the odds are pretty good that everyone else will drive reasonably within the limits of the law. I know that if I get into just about any sort of trouble that I can’t handle, a quick phone call to 911 and my government will bail me out. I can go to work knowing that I have the right to work in a safe environment and if it’s not safe I can demand that my employer make it reasonably so without worrying about losing my job. I feel like I have a lot more potential than what will be used at my current job so I am looking for something better, I’m not stuck with nowhere to go. If I think there is something wrong with my government I can write a letter or go down to city hall and burn a flag on the front steps. Sorry, I don’t mean to preach on and on and it’s not like Uruguay is THAT bad. It just feels so good to be home that I have a new appreciation. I hope I never get used to living here. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rant-about-america-v-my-trip-to-uruguay/14727)._