Can he claim political asylum in Europe? I think the Europeans would piss themselves for someone on the run from George Bush's regime.

Piss ourselves laughing maybe.

Piss ourselves laughing maybe.

haha, I'm sure that if that were to happen, it would be in the newspaper and maybe even in the news and EVERYBODY would have a good laugh :p

In a generation, it'll be Amsterdam in the EU, the Netherlands will just be a sidenote in an American textbook. :p

How well do homeless people live over there?

What do you mean...like...Amsterdam being a country apart from the Netherlands...?

What do you mean...like...Amsterdam being a country apart from the Netherlands...?

Like Amsterdam being part of what was formally an economic and social union and recently became a full-fledged country, the great nation of the EU. That'd be silly, wunnit?

Pretty well actually, I don't know how said american got in the situation or if foreigners are treated different in that respect but free healthcare (I know there are a few doctors that work solely treating homeless people in Amsterdam not sure about the rest of the country), places to sleep (salvation army) and food (in every big city they have mobile soup kitchens).

It can get a bit chilly in the winter but not as bad as in the States or Canada. So, all in all it's not that bad to be a hobo here I guess. You hardly see them though, only in a few cities. (it's like they concentrate in a few cities, probably because those have the best facilities for homeless)

Rofl i remember the good old "Move to amsterdam" Fantasy as a young lad.

Then i got older and gained some realization.

I want you and your girlfriend to go get jobs and try renting an apartment. Once you see how difficult that fucking is, you will realize how difficult it must be to move to another country with a high school education when you arn't even a Resident

Ya, I showed her this thread and gave her a bunch of other info.

So basically we decided it was just a stupid high school thought, and have abandoned it.

We are getting ready to rent some appartments right by the junior college in town(we get a discount for attending).

Thanks all.

Ya, I showed her this thread and gave her a bunch of other info.

So basically we decided it was just a stupid high school thought, and have abandoned it.

We are getting ready to rent some appartments right by the junior college in town(we get a discount for attending).

Thanks all.

I'm gonna quote this in other Amsterdam threads from now on.

if it was just for the legal weed i would just say to move to cali, probabaly your best alternative and wouldnt cost as much to move over the ocean. On a side note how the fuck does one move across the ocean to another country...u-haul planes?

Furniture and other big shit is normally shipped.

Marijuana isn't legal in Amsterdam, it's just tolerated more. I hate it when people are spouting all the shit that it's legal and all that bull. "Technically, the sale of cannabis remains an offence in Holland, and dealing in the streets remains illegal. Even so, possession of less than 30 grams for personal use carries only a minor punishment, and coffee shops are restricted to flogging no more than five grams per person. The catch is you have to be 18 or over. Smoking in public is tolerated, too, but many Brit tokers report that such a laid back attitude takes some getting used to. As a result, they prefer to remain free from all risk of coming into conflict with the law by only smoking in the coffee shop."

Info found here regarding legality of marijuana. (http://www.thesite.org/travelandfreetime/travel/beingthere/amsterdamdruglaws)

Marijuana isn't legal in Amsterdam, it's just tolerated more. I hate it when people are spouting all the shit that it's legal and all that bull. "Technically, the sale of cannabis remains an offence in Holland, and dealing in the streets remains illegal. Even so, possession of less than 30 grams for personal use carries only a minor punishment, and coffee shops are restricted to flogging no more than five grams per person. The catch is you have to be 18 or over. Smoking in public is tolerated, too, but many Brit tokers report that such a laid back attitude takes some getting used to. As a result, they prefer to remain free from all risk of coming into conflict with the law by only smoking in the coffee shop."

Info found here regarding legality of marijuana. (http://www.thesite.org/travelandfreetime/travel/beingthere/amsterdamdruglaws)

Wow, that seems so wrong...all of it...

It is Legal, but only to smoke in coffeeshops or in your own home, you CAN'T smoke it in public, the allowed quantity to have on you is 5g max and that is also the maximum that coffee shops are allowed to sell to one individual.
Dealing in the streets is indeed illegal.

Selling marijuana is legal when you own a coffeeshop, buying large quantities is illegal. You can cultivate 5 plants for personal use, anymore is illegal, you can carry with you 5 grams legally as stated previously. And smoking weed in public is illegal.

Personally I've never had a fine for smoking a joint outside, as long as you aren't an anti-social asshole in public the cops should leave you alone.

There you go.

Hazode? Seriously, you almost got EVERYTHING wrong. You really couldn't of been more wrong :p.

Prague > Amsterdam, in every way.

Both shitholes.

Both shitholes.
Nah, Pragues the perfect european city.

Nah, Pragues the perfect european city.

What did you see when you were there that was so perfect?

What did you see when you were there that was so perfect?

1. Hot bitches that don't speak german

2. Everythings cheap

3. Good weed that isn't ridiculous amsterdam tourist bullshit

4. better party scene

5. law enforcement isn't german asshole oriented

1. Hot bitches that don't speak german

2. Everythings cheap

3. Good weed that isn't ridiculous amsterdam tourist bullshit

4. better party scene

5. law enforcement isn't german asshole oriented

Why do you keep going on about German? You do know that Amsterdam isn't in Germany, do you?

Why do you keep going on about German? You do know that Amsterdam isn't in Germany, do you?

Dutch = more German then German. Possibly most annoying language ever.

Dutch = more German then German. Possibly most annoying language ever.



I can see that I can never win a debate against somebody of your intellectual magnificence...

I can see that I can never win a debate against somebody of your intellectual magnificence...

Okay educate me. I'm 90% Dutch is a derivative of German, just from listening to it. I'll be lazy and not wiki it since apparently you're Dutch and it would be funnier to read your rant on it.

sigh...how to put this for the simple minded...because something sounds the same...doesn't mean, it is the same. Dutch and German is the same As Spanish is to Portuguese if that's any clearer?

As a native Spanish speaker, Portuguese is the easiest Latin language to understand hands down. Even if the pronunciation is sometimes a little tricky, the Portuguese vocabulary, grammar, phrasing and sentence structure is so very similar to Spanish. Contrary to what many people wrongly believe, Italian is not closer to Spanish - even if the similar accent makes it seem that way. Portuguese is without a doubt the brother language of Spanish - they are almost totally compatible. Thus, educated Portuguese and Spanish speakers can converse with one another in their respective languages effortlessly.

What? It still isn't the same, it's two totaly different languages. I know in your English speaking head it probably sounds the same, which makes sense because they are both Germanic languages. Like Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and alot of other languages are Romantic, so they also sound the same. But ofcourse they still arn't the same. Do you understand that?

Try holiday there for a little bit first. I nearly got in to a fist fight twice when I was there until I spoke and they realised I wasn't American. One even bought me a beer afterwards. Anyways, from my experience, far from all of them but the minority that truely hate Americans, really hate you guys.

- ♫.i.b.y.v.n.t.h.♫

I always get dirty glares abroad. I hate having to explain that while I speak like an American, I'm not from the USA :(. Canadian Flag patches everywhere FTW.

when people talk about Amsterdam, they always say "don't be the last one to get the banana" what the fuck happens to the last person to get the banana?

Non-lubricated anal rape?

Speaking for the minority of American totse posters that have actually been to Europe, I didn't see anyone hating me because I was American. There was a slight sterotype that I was stupid but that was barely worth mentioning. Next time someone makes a contrary statement:

QUALIFY IT YOU FAG.

Thanks for that info, that definitely stands a chance at being a deal breaker for us.

We were planning on going for vacation first, and if we decided that we liked would sell our return tickets home.

I'll be sure to relay this development to her, thanks again.

it'll be a bit more difficult than that. visa etc

Basically at this famous sex show in the red light district, a fat black woman get's up on stage and sticks a banana in her cunt. Then 5 audience members get up and take bites. The last one to take a bite, usually has to put is face in the vagina/butthole and live a life of shame.

Winnipeg, Canada:p