Places you will never go to again

None of that makes a US state an independent country.

Think of it as being a teenager. Sure, you have a little independence and can dictate how things go in your free time. But you're part of a family and you only have any freedom because your parents allow it.

An EU equivalent over here would be like the US, Mexico, and Canada forming the North American Union.

 

In the U.S. each citizen can travel freely to any state in the country, even move there with no formalities. However each state has different laws. For example, the marijuana laws. Some states have legalized recreational weed which an adult can buy legally at a dispensary, other states only allow medicinal weed, and some still have total prohibition. Here in Oregon I can buy it legally, but if I travel with it to Idaho for instance I could be arrested for possession of it.

Also some parts of the country tend to be more liberal while other parts are more conservative, as evidenced by the last election. We still call ourselves the United States of America but I wonder just how united we are anymore.

 

Thisreminds me of a scene in the movie. "Hunt For Red October". In the captains cabin of the October the first mate was asking about America. He wants to go from state to state in his RV. He asks about paper saying "No papers?" The cptain replies "No papers." Can you do that in the EU?

 

Yes. 'Freedom of movement' means people resident in the EU zone can move freely to any other country in the zone. That's 26 countries if I recall. It was 27 but the UK left the EU reducing that number by one.

 

Curious, while their border checks have ceased some countries are implementing checks on a temporary basis. Plus not all EU countries belong to the Schengen Area. Ireland, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland do not allow free movement. Also it wasn't until Jan 1 of this year Bulgaria and Romania joined the Schengen Area.

 

Same here. I grew up very near there and went often mostly for business.

911 was my signal to leave that area and I did. Too many crazy people, too much graffiti and litter.

It’s been 22 years.

 

The Schengen area is a free travel area in Europe that allows people to travel between member countries without border controls. It's made up of 29 European countries, including most EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.
How does it work?

• People can travel between member countries with a valid visa or residence permit.
• People must show their passport when entering and leaving the Schengen area.
• Schengen states have agreed on visa, asylum, and police cooperation policies.
• Schengen states are responsible for controlling the area's external borders.

My understanding is that any person from an EU state has freedom of movement in all other EU states.
Shengen relates to people from outside the EU. It means once entering the shengen zone, they have freedom of movement throughout all other countries in shengen. It's like the border surrounds the shengen zone rather than each country having a border.

Yes, some did introduce temporary borders during covid but AFAIK, they've reverted to normal. Some, like Austria, tightened their borders to stop migrants walking in from another EU country. I'm not up to speed on that currently to know what the situation is.


Also; it's a bit complicated. Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland are in Europe but are not in the EU.

 

Never say Never--- But the worst place I've been is NYC. Crowded, dirty, expensive, rude people--Absolutely no redeeming qualities at all.

 

For now, Spain.

 

Never been but sounds like the Simpsons episode.

 

There is something fascinating about NYC though. The infrastructure, the history, and the people are all interesting to me as a topic of...study, I guess. The architecture too. Western cities are so much more suburban as they were built with the automobile in mind. I find the densely packed and urban east coast cities interesting, but only because I don't live there.

Whenever I see a documentary on New York, or even just a movie that takes place there, I see that it's almost an entirely different lifestyle. I get growing up there, but I'm amazed people can move there from a small town or something and flourish.

I don't even know how to read a subway map.

 

Everyone should go to NYC at least once. It’s an amazing place and was fascinating to us as teenagers.

As I got older the traffic and hassle outweighed the interest though and it became a thing to avoid.

 

A place I fear I'll never return to - the exhilarating, all-consuming rush of first love.

Or Hemel Hempstead.

 

JFK Airport - crowded, complicated and generally unfriendly. My first experience of the USA was at JFK, and I couldn't have been more excited. On approaching the immigration and passport controls, the signs said less than 15 minutes to wait. But as we walked past this sign, I saw passport officer after passport officer close his desk and leave. In the end, I queued for nearly 3 hours before I was finger printed and allowed in. Now, I'm sure there are people who feel the same about European airports, but you can only speak as you find, and JFK - not a good start! (The rest of my holiday in the US was brilliant though!)

 

High School. Even though I work in one, I definitely would not want to go back to my alma matter high school.

 

There would be no way. We cannot turn back time. If it were as an adult, it wouldn't be the same either. In conclusion... There is no way.

 

First one is court (we all know the reason for it)
Second one would be my relatives house (All are mean people)

 

There's a certain state (being vague) where the worst of my childhood was for reasons. I'm sure I'd feel things going back there. Especially if I went to my old house.