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And that's why South Africa is the way it is. I recommend living there for a bit, might be an eye opener for some Westerners.



It's like the US in a decade.

(I have been to both and would rather spend a week in Cape Town than Chicago for example)


I still remember when we could not even flush the toilet because CT ran out of water and there were fights breaking out at public water pumps. Then came the electricity crisis and constant blackouts which South Africa has only just gotten out of. Not to get started on the crime...


Ahh more Chicago fear mongering. I've lived here for almost two decades. There's good and bad parts, almost like every other place.


Really? Cape town has a homicide rate of: 63.00 per 100,000

Compared to Chicago: 29.60

And similar crime and violent crime rates.


To be fair, Cape Town has better climate and is extremely beautiful. Tourists generally like it, I can see why someone would have a nice impression without knowing much about what's behind the facade. It could be paradise if not for the politics and general state of things in SA.

But yeah, comments like the above are bizarre. Moving to SA is relatively easy, I lived there myself. If it's so great as some foreigners online seem to think, why don't they give it a try? Why do educated people and skilled workers generally move in the opposite direction and leave?

Of course, there's stuff like this:

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/american-tour...

https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/witnesses-testify-in-ca...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/doctor-murde...

https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/american-tourist-stabbe...


Yeah, most of the problem: we shape our opinions on how we feel and our environment.

My family for example is certain that crime is going up (or is at an all time high) because Home Depot is locking up more and more of its merchandise.




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