People need a quit comparing Chicago to these third world cities. Toronto might look nice but it’s like
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  • 58 points tragick693

    Does this mf think everywhere outside of the US is the third world?

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    32 points Agile-Assist-4662

    There's a dude in Mississippi that thinks Montreal is just discovering running water

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    12 points AdoraBelleQueerArt

    Well that means he’ll never go there so i consider that a win

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    1 points Ecstatic_Food1982

    This is wholly believable but please please tell me you have a link to that.

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    1 points Agile-Assist-4662

    Sorry, purely anecdotal....I worked with a guy from Louisiana and he was kinda taking the piss out of Mississippi. I thought it was funny.

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    1 points Ecstatic_Food1982

    Oh I guessed as much, I was just hoping it was real as a friend is currently working in Biloxi and I was hoping to share.

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    14 points Quicker_Fixer

    When people are not getting education, they try to make up reality themselves, believe everything fox tells them and make stupid or even fatal decisions.

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    4 points YogurtclosetFair5742

    If there is third world, it's the US being millions live in third world conditions.

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    2 points mirhagk

    Well in some sense they are kinda right. The original definition was that America and its allies are the first world. Russia and its allies was the second. Other places were the third world.

    And since America no longer has any allies, just about everywhere is indeed the third world!

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    2 points TheAlmighty404

    Except Russia, that is now somehow at once first and second world

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    2 points mirhagk

    Well you add them together and they are third world too!

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  • 38 points MrAmusedDouche

    As a Torontonian, I really want to know what he think its like.

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    19 points Agile-Assist-4662

    It's like......like

    Love from Vancouver.....apparently also a third world city

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    10 points BuffaloExotic

    Tbf the mountains in the background in Vancouver is chef’s kiss

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    7 points Agile-Assist-4662

    The problem is there's Vancouverites here lol

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    2 points AdoraBelleQueerArt

    I mean Commercial Drive was ok when i lived there, but it’s been awhile. (Now the West side…. No thanks)

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    5 points Acrobatic-List-6503

    It’s like New York if movies are to be believed

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    1 points jzillacon

    Most films set in American cities are filmed in Canada anyway except when a scene needs a specific landmark like Times Square. Way easier to get a filming permit for Vancouver or Toronto.

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    2 points PretzelsThirst

    https://i.redd.it/czucsau2237g1.gif

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  • 15 points Michael_Gibb

    That person might want to look at the condition of American cities.

    With their crumbling infrastructure, troop presence, and homelessness a lot of US cities look more third world than any Canadian city does.

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  • 9 points Socmel_

    LOL Chicago has more murders than the whole of the UK, a country 20x bigger than it, so you've got it all mixed up.

    It's Chicago that is akin to a third world city, mate.

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    14 points Canadairy

    Chicago homicides this year: 392

    Toronto homicides this year: 37

    And Toronto is slightly larger of the two. 

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  • 7 points Competitive_Annual78

    I come here to laugh at yankees.

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    11 points AdoraBelleQueerArt

    Pro-tip: US southerners HATE being called Yankees. It always looks like their heads are going to explode when you call them that

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    -4 points Competitive_Annual78

    And your point?

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    5 points AdoraBelleQueerArt

    You said you like to laugh at Yankees so i thought you’d like to know an easy way to get a laugh out of them

    Sorry

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    3 points Competitive_Annual78

    In true Canadian fashion, 'sorry, I did not understand'. Yes your correct. When ever I went to their country I would refer to the kerfuffle in the 1860's as 'The war of northern aggression'. In regards to the term 'yankees', since the 1780's that would be the kindest word they would use to describe the residents of the nation to my south and west.

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    1 points AdoraBelleQueerArt

    See southern Americans call northern Americans Yankees (it’s derogatory) so they REALLY don’t like being called Yankees (i didn’t explain it originally - my bad). It’s a weird civil war leftover and i only learned about it myself because i stumbled into it accidentally and made someone really mad (they ended up yelling about how I’m the Yankee). It was very confusing.

    But Now that i know what I’m doing it’s hilarious

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    1 points I_dont_give_a_flick

    Nah. In my experience calling a Southerner a Yankee just means you’ll get a Bless Your Heart and laugh.

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    1 points AdoraBelleQueerArt

    You know bless your heart is an insult, right? And the sweeter they say It the more trouble you’re in

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    2 points I_dont_give_a_flick

    Boy do I EVER!!!!

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    1 points AdoraBelleQueerArt

    Well I'm still gonna post this because I friggin' love this clip from a Southern expert:
    welcome to the south

    (and I went looking for it b/c I'm definitely not someone who can speak for southerners)

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  • 7 points AFrisian1989

    Yeah, If I were from Toronto, I wouldn't be much offended, since this buffoon spells 'to' as "a".

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  • 5 points OG_Flicky

    Brought to you by a 3rd world country with a overcoat

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  • 5 points Pablo_Straub

    When Americans think everywhere else is bad and third-world, including most developed nations they're so unbelievably wrong. I'm from a developing nation which has much better health and longevity than the USA.

    Not only they're not the best among developed nations but in many aspects are below developing nations.

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  • 2 points Lucky-Mia

    At least Toronto has a program for monotoring, managing, and replacing the old lead pipe infrastructure. In Chicago they essentially ignore the situation and eat lead. 

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  • 1 points MissyMurders

    IT'S LIKE WHAT? TELL MEEEEEEE

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  • 1 points NLtbal

    Need a quit…wtf

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  • 1 points Objective-Corgi-3527

    The economy of Toronto is just under a third of the size of Chicago's, with similar population sizes, to put things into perspective. It is definately smaller but idk how he can say "third world"

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  • 1 points NorthernSnowPrincess

    He thinks Toronto is a third world city?? Lol he's obviously never been outside of the US.

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  • 1 points Hairy_Photograph1384

    These are usually people that have never left their city/town

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