I think it's human nature for people to complain about where they live if they have always lived there.
However I am an immigrant so I rarely do this, as I have worked very hard to be given the chance to live where I do. I suppose it makes you see things in a different light.
For the record I don't think the complainers are unpatriotic - I think they just see flaws in the things around them and point them out. I don't think it's so terrible, it keeps the pressure on for things to change for the better. It just sounds odd to us immigrants because we've come from somewhere worse, usually, so we don't see the flaws because we're blinded by the positives.
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I think it's human nature for people to complain about where they live if they have always lived there.
However I am an immigrant so I rarely do this, as I have worked very hard to be given the chance to live where I do. I suppose it makes you see things in a different light.
For the record I don't think the complainers are unpatriotic - I think they just see flaws in the things around them and point them out. I don't think it's so terrible, it keeps the pressure on for things to change for the better. It just sounds odd to us immigrants because we've come from somewhere worse, usually, so we don't see the flaws because we're blinded by the positives.