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Been seeing a lot about how the government passes shitty laws, lot of mass shootings and expensive asf health care. I come from a developing nation and we were always told how America is great and whatnot. Are all states is America bad ?

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[–] kurap1ka@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Was there, several times, all corners. Sorry to tell you, but your tap water smells like chlorine.

[–] Gold_Tea@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I've lived in several states and visited over 20. LA has the worst tap water, but most places are pretty good. Larger cities tend to taste worse than medium cities and rural places.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Grew up on rural well water. Tastes great, a bit hard. Now I drink Hetch Hetchy's finest. Tastes pretty good. (My grandma's water was another story.)

We have one federal government, yes, but painting all of the US with the same brush is naive at best.

[–] pascal@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same, I'm used to Swiss tap water (I know, sounds like cheating) and the water in America always smells like bleach. You have to get used to it, it's probably because of the added fluorine. It's still safe to drink. Can't say the same in other countries around the world. Even in Germany and Italy, that's Europe, you should avoid drinking from the tap.

[–] embit@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's quite safe to drink from the tap in Germany.

[–] pascal@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

In houses, yes. But public fountains I've found in Germany have often the sign Kein Drinkwasser on them. Meanwhile in Switzerland, almost every public fountain is 100% safe to drink.

Things maybe have changed in the recent years, I see you're on a German instance and I guess you're German, so I trust your statement more than mine as a foreigner.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kurap1ka@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It does, but you might not notice it since you're exposed to the smell/taste all the time. But go abroad to Europe or some other place that doesn't use chlorine for drinkwater treatment and you'd be surprised when you get back how noticeable it is.