Spain's $680 Million submarine can only dive, not resurface

[derspiess]

FWIW, my wife's childhood best friend had the last name of "Jackson" and looks fairly Americanish.  Her ancestors came over on the Mayflower but I forget how her later ancestor(s) ended up in Buenos Aires.

Annoyingly, her dad doesn't speak one word of English and speaks Spanish to me faster than I can process it.

[Valmy]

That's easy.  Her ancestor was shot by his own men near a small Virginia village in 1862 while rebelling against the lawful government.  Then the family fled charges of treason to South America.  I mean it is obvious.

[Caliga]

You know that Confederados actually did settle in Brazil after the Civil War, right Valmy?

[Valmy]

You know that Confederados actually did settle in Brazil after the Civil War, right Valmy?

Yep.  That was intended to be an allusion to that

Yes I know Argentina != Brazil

[Tonitrus]

Britain's colonies become Dominions, not a part of the UK.  At any rate, why would Britain want to emulate the failed examples of non-British colonial practices?  Only British practices have produced civilized results.

Indeed.  I always wondered why only the brits managed to create civilized colonies.

What's wrong with Chile and Argentina (at least nowadays)?

I was goofing around the other day on Google Street View with what it has for Chile...

The big thing I noticed is that all the housing areas, from innercity ghetto, to sprawling shanty town, to wealthy, newly built suburb is a big contrast from Norte Amerika.  While we usually have wide open, spacious areas facing the street, with easy access to our front entrance...every single home had a gate/fence/wall right at the street blocking all entrances, garages/carports, etc.

Side note:  I noticed the same thing in Russia, too.

[derspiess]

The big thing I noticed is that all the housing areas, from innercity ghetto, to sprawling shanty town, to wealthy, newly built suburb is a big contrast from Norte Amerika.  While we usually have wide open, spacious areas facing the street, with easy access to our front entrance...every single home had a gate/fence/wall right at the street blocking all entrances, garages/carports, etc.

Welcome to South America.  It's all like that.