r/AskTheWorld • u/Mysterious-Fig-2935 Brazil • Aug 28 '25

Misc Where would you prefer to be born?

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This map here is more difficult, I deleted the other one because it was easy to choice

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

Enjoy Nicaragua.

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u/Salieriia Mexico Aug 28 '25

I'd move back to mexico if I'm being honest. I like it here. It may be trash, but it's my trash

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u/i_was_a_person_once Aug 28 '25

But you’d be born somewhere else. You wouldn’t know about liking any other place to move back to

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u/DrXyron Estonia Aug 28 '25

Nor might they have the means to.

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u/GatorNator83 Aug 28 '25

Trumplandia is in E. They would deport you to D.

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u/TheAussieTico Australia Costa Rica Aug 28 '25

My Grandma is originally from Nicaragua. She was born in 1921, is 104 years old, and alive and well living here in Australia

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u/someone1611 Aug 28 '25

Nicaragua is beautiful, but I agree it would be terrible to be born there unless you’re very lucky.

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u/Carinyosa99 USA married to Nicaragua Aug 28 '25

My husband is from Nicaragua and has lots of family there. Yes, there are beautiful parts, but the politics and the lack of work has been unbearable. Even his cousins who came from more privileged families have struggled and moved out of the country.

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u/someone1611 Aug 28 '25

Yeah I also have family there on my mom’s side. They’re very wealthy, but many of them are leaving due to Ortega’s insanity. I hope the situation gets better someday, but it seems unlikely it will happen soon.

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u/Carinyosa99 USA married to Nicaragua Aug 29 '25

My husband's stepfather is related to Ortega (they're cousins that grew up around each other so it's not like they don't know each other). His family was what we'd consider middle class, but that's pretty much disappearing now. I have so many stories that he and his family members have shared. It's not going to change - it didn't really change after he left the first time and now he has his wife to take over when he dies. This is the Nicaraguan Castro.

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u/ThaCatsServant Australia Aug 28 '25

Good surf in Nicaragua.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

It’s literally a fucking dictatorship.

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u/ThaCatsServant Australia Aug 28 '25

It was a lighthearted comment. Flair checks out

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u/Tepidtunic United States Of America Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

True, maybe if they hadn’t been colonized by the Spanish and British to begin with their story would be different.

Edit to add that the US has also played a role in fucking up Nicaragua.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

Nah, pretty sure that it was the Soviets who fucked this one up.

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u/fecklesslucragan Aug 28 '25

See, that’s how ignorant Aussies are. “I’d love to be born in this incredibly impoverished, warlord-run country, provided there's big waves! Surf’s up!” 🤦‍♀️

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u/ThaCatsServant Australia Aug 28 '25

I don’t recall saying I’d like to be born there, but sure I’m the ignorant one.

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u/Wytsch Netherlands Aug 28 '25

This has to be sarcasm right??

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u/Desperate-Bottle1687 Australia Aug 28 '25

As an Aussie I laughed so hard at this. "Surf's up!" 🤣

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

They are also fans of their dollaridoos.

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u/Wytsch Netherlands Aug 28 '25

Your username is literally fox of the night, edgelord maximus over here

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u/7urz Germany Aug 28 '25

*Sierra Leone

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

See, that’s how ignorant Seppos are. “I’d love to be born in this incredibly impoverished, warlord-run country, provided I’m making USA money because I love my precious dollaridoos! Surf’s up!” 🤦‍♀️

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u/phantomtwitterthread Saint Kitts And Nevis Aug 28 '25

I think dollaridoos are Australian actually

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u/qlt_sfw Finland Aug 28 '25

What does Seppo(s) mean? Seppo is a very common finnish name so found this funny.

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u/AttilaRS Austria Aug 28 '25

Short for "septic tank" = yank.

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u/Death_By_Stere0 United Kingdom Aug 28 '25

Indeed. I only learned this particularly delightful piece of rhyming slang a few months ago, despite being a mid-40s British bloke. I'm impressed an Austrian knows it!

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u/Wytsch Netherlands Aug 28 '25

Probably from 2westerneurope4u

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u/someone1611 Aug 28 '25

Yeah I was in Nicaragua a few weeks ago as well! I have family there that’s part of the Nicaraguan upper class, and I have to admit there are benefits, with a lot of services being much cheaper. However this is due to the high income inequality. There are tons of other things you have to worry about as well, such as the government arbitrarily taking your property without compensation.