I’m gonna let TJ respond to this comment. White Guilt? Shut Up. - YouTube
What does “this kind of behavior” refer to? Would you be more specific?.
Is this what you saw at the age of 16 in Jerusalem? I presume that the tour guide was not as thin-skinned as the president-elect in the US, who is going to get weapons of mass destruction soon.
This is pretty silly. The reality is that the chances of getting shot as a foreign tourist in the US are so slim it’s not worth mentioning.
Most shootings happen in dangerous intercity areas. I have lived in Brooklyn, NY all my life and only someone with no common sense would want to go into the neighborhoods of Brownsville or East New York if they did not live or work there.
Some of the most dangerous parts of the country are in ‘liberal’ states.
Mass shooting is not directly related to the inner city problems in large cities. They are different aspects of the problem.
"Mass shootings are a growing and alarming phenomenon in the US. By a purely numerical count, the United States has seen more than 1,000 mass shootings in 1,260 days. "
“Much of America’s day-to-day gun violence is concentrated in America’s poorest, most racially segregated neighborhoods – places with high rates of unemployment, struggling school systems, and high levels of mistrust between police officers and community members.”
It isn’t, but they’re rare enough not to worry about as a tourist.
Thousands of homicides happen every year in major cities like New York City, LA, Chicago, and Baltimore. Access to illegal firearms is a problem, and that is connected to the ability to smuggle guns in from other states with more lenient laws. I’m not particularly conservative about gun laws either.
I was simply stating that, as a tourist, you have little to worry about with regards to being the victim of a shooting.
^^ I agree with those comments, but the topic of the thread is “Who wants to travel to the US?”.
The homicide rate for the US is below the world average. It’s worse than Japan or Western Europe, but that doesn’t make the US a dangerous tourist destination.
I visited Chicago twice, Atlanta twice, Washington once.
You’re always welcome to visit New York City, don’t believe the rumors, we’re friendly 
!
Although it’s pretty cold now, you’d might want to wait for the Spring.
Why would any western tourists visit a muslim country? You might get stoned to death or beheaded.
man i love the pacific coast of america california up to washington state is the best
In all seriousness, you shouldn’t worry about this if you want to come to the United States. I agree that we have a big problem with “gun culture”, but you likely won’t encounter it. Most of the violence of gun violence comes from either gang on gang violence, domestic disputes or accidents in home, police shootings, suicides, and personal confrontations. The odds of being somewhere and actually being shot by a random shooter is overall still very low. You will be surprised to see how friendly and welcoming so many americans are. Don’t be surprised to have a stranger on the train or at the store, strike up a conversation and wish you a good trip!
Most foreigners prioritize our major cities of New York, Chicago, and LA.
but if you are interested in more of the wild nature, I recommend going to Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho for Rocky mountains and beautiful outdoor adventures. New England (Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine), For wonderful tree covered hills, lakes, and less hectic cityscapes Also as I mentioned before the pacific northwest (Washington, California). All beautiful places to see the american country with friendly people and are perfectly safe. In the southern states you will be fine in the cities, but I cannot recommend exploring the rural areas of the bible belt (especially West Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama).
Wonder where all that southern hospitality went? x)
I don’t feel worried about going to the US but I do like to correct incorrect or misleading information. The homicide rate in the US may be average for all countries, I don’t know. I do know, however, that it is significantly higher than in other OECD countries. Only Mexico’s is higher (23), and only Chile and Estonia are even close. Otherwise the rate per 100,000 is 5.2 in the US and between 0.3 (Japan) and 1.5 (Canada) for most other countries. In most countries, including the US, it is lower, often much lower, than 20 years ago.
https://www.quandl.com/collections/society/oecd-murder-rates
Poverty.
You see, it is not possible in a liberal’s world to be racist against white people
This isn’t true: Of course there is racism against white people…but the term “redneck” isn’t that. Jeff Foxworthy - Redneck Comedy - Live Stand Up Comedy - YouTube
I’m curious why a “moderator” and a Japanese national (?) is so eager to trash talk the US over and over like a broken record on what is supposed to be a language forum.
Is there some second, obscure meaning for moderator I’m not familiar with, like “tedious crank pushing a tired agenda on a captive audience?”
This is a very interesting question.
You missed the following description of this forum “Open Forum in English”:
“Talk about anything you like as long as you write in English!”
There are no real moderators of our forums, in the sense of controlling what is said. I am usually the only one who steps in and on very rare occasions deletes a comment or thread. The term “moderator” refers, I believe, to people who help us with language issues at LingQ.
There are usually a number of political threads on this forum. People are free to participate or not. All of our members are free to comment as they wish, as long as they don’t use profanity or behave aggressively. I think Yutaka’s comments are well within these guidelines.
You may feel that he targets the US unduly. You are free to explain or defend the US, or to criticize Japan for that matter. To the extent that Yutaka does this in English, he is really following the spirit of this community, in using the language he is learning to discuss subjects of interest to him.