Regardless of whether it's part of the US, it is still a 3rd world country.

Ever fell asleep on the 37 Chester in PHL and woke up after Wanamaker?

This, really depends on how old you are. When I was a kid you did have to have a passport to go to Hawaii. I actually went a couple times and had to have a passport.

Please don't stop. At this point I'm genuinely curious to see how deep that hole you're in can go.

Well, this thread went from sad to fun real fast!

3rd World Countries List

Because the evolutions of the worldly segmentations have become somewhat historic and obsolete, the definition or classification of a third world country is not necessarily precisely defined.

As such, one of the best barometers for assessing a list of Third World countries is MSCI’s Frontier Markets Index. This Index includes the countries of:

• Croatia
• Estonia
• Lithuania
• Kazakhstan
• Romania
• Serbia
• Slovenia
• Kenya
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• Tunisia
• WAEMU
• Bahrain
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Oman
• Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka
• Vietnam

Estonia is pretty darn far from a 3rd world country these days.

Never knew that. I was born well before Hawaii became a state. Of course, when my dad visited France, no one was on the shore of Normandy to ask for his passport or any sort of identification.

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Third World Country does not necessarily mean that it is unsafe or dangerous.

I agree though once I got further from Tallinn things did change quite a bit.

It's still a modern functioning western democracy. For example, Transparency International ranks it above the US in their corruption perception index.
I still own a small company there. It's one of the best places in Europe to start/run a business.

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Lots of issues with the CPI metric. Probably better to be very near the top than very near the bottom, but other than that the signal-to-noise ratio can be pretty poor.

The US ranking is generally considered suspect since we have large segments of the poplulation who are whipped into a frenzy of resentment against American society and government by their political leaders. Just because they don't get all the free benefits they want from the government and taxpayers does not mean the government is corrupt.

CPI, being a measure of *perception* would have to be viewed very much in the context of local politics.

Leave it to a mod to turn this into a political discussion

No, that was done when Transparency International was cited here. Check out their website and you will see that they are highly political (although most of their opinions are probably correct).

So what you're saying is you're a mod and you're also here with some political insight. Thanks!

Are you between states?

Not sure what your point is.
If your dad's point of entry to France was the shore at Normandy; my understanding is that if you had an M1 you were allowed to bypass passport control.

Especially in 1944.


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You could make the argument that given the current Administration's reading of Article 2, the US is now a 3rd world country.

Just like all those socialist dictatorships the current front runner from the other party likes to praise.


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