California or New York

Quoted: Norway.  For the babes.

+1.  And Select Fire too.

Lots of people voting for Switzerland..... interesting!

So you are all hardcore social democrats then?


ANdy

Israel or Switzerland.

A people armed to the teeth are not easily enslaved.

Quoted: Israel or Switzerland. A people armed to the teeth are not easily enslaved.

Most of the guns  you see in the hands of Israels belong to the Boobermint.... hard to own a gun unless you are Military there.

Israels Firearms Laws

Quoted: Quoted: what are the gun laws in poland like? pro-american=good times, unsure on gun laws

I travel to Poland.  In the regards to guns, its a strange country.  They technically have very strict gunlaws with requirements on who buys and how you keep them.  Reality is you can buy a tank in the black market if you want it.  

Technically they are a very socialist government.  That is if you want it.  Those that do have all kinds of benifits such as housing, medical, etc.  Those that don't ignore travel restrictions, move where they want to, and work where they want to.  Poles have a very distinct and acurate picture of what is right or wrong.  They for the most part all try to live right.  You can see this in the total lack of traffic control in the larger cities yet traffic moves far better than western countries.  They simply do what's right.

I mention this last part cause its really important in understanding them.  Decades of oppression under the USSR backed communist has created both a dependency on socialism and yet a total disregard for it at the same time.  They feel about the same way about gun control.  

An interesting perspective on the Polish people is how they feel about about terrorism.  The concept  is really apalling to them unfortunately so is war.  Like everything in their country there is a dualism to it.  The average Pole I have talked to doesn't own a gun.  He's not violent anti-gun and could care less that you owned one as long as you didn't shoot anyone.  Government, they choose to embrace or ignore.  Its different than the rest of Europe by a longshot.

As for a place to live, they do indeed really like Americans.  Their fathers see us as their liberators helping them throw off the yoke of communist oppression.  Many speak English especially the younger people.  They go out of their way to talk to Americans but not quite so willing with the English.  

The countryside like everything else in Poland has a dual aspect to it.  Its a mix of the older gray communist buildings and the brand new western structures.  Its an odd mix.  You can go crazy trying to figure out what kind of car that is and what country it came from.  I think Poles pride themselves on being the only person to drive that make of car.  Its part of their individualism.  They're all little cars but they drive like hell.  Every now and then you will see a Jeep and even saw a Dodge fullsize pickup which really stood out amongst all those small cars but for the most part they drive European cars.  The cost of living is quite low but then so is the pay scale.  The basic rounded off exchange rate is 3 zolty to the dollar.  Now when you consider a four star dinner is 21 zolty, who what a bargain in US dollars.  They have great places to eat out but I wonder how they stay in business for during the week typically it isn't busy at all.  

There are many things that Poland is distinctly European.  They like a clean city for example and trash or litering not acceptable, back to doing what is right.  The coffee is very European dark and black. They are alot more loose when it comes to partying.  Poles enjoy a good time.  Where European businessmen will drink their faces shitless but keep this cool deamenor and talk business a Pole is ready dance and won't drink as much.  

The food has a very distinctive Polish twist to it or eastern European.  They eat alot of pork cooked a million different ways.  Breakfast is a big meal with cold cuts on different breads followed by suasages and eggs.  Lunch is light usually cold cuts on small slices of bread.  Dinner is pretty much like here but sour cream soup and borch are a mainstay.  Italian soup is sour cream with croutons.  

Above it all is this sense of what's right.  The people are some of most polite I have ever been around.  Jing Dobry or "Good day" is a way of life.

I can think of far worse places to live than Poland.

Tj

Thailand - up north near Udon Thani or Chang Mi.