When's the loathing going to stop you taking their money? Oh, nevermind, that's not the way it works.
Bellvue and the rest of the suburban slums would never exist without a CITY. Without a city you wouldn't have an ECONOMY. Without an economy you might as well have Communism
erm, you be able to make a much better living in Chamonix than anywhere close to the mountains in S. America. Unless you are smuggling Coke
Coyhaique, Chile? Nolse would approve.
Western China. India.
If you don't have to make a living and have inexhaustible funds (assumptions on which such questions are predicated) why pick one?
You can travel the world and never go home for <$15k/year
There are a number of industries, including transport, that are still English based. Most of the fasteners you purchase are English sized.
What really sucks are retarded companies that have specs like, here's an actual one: 3m +- 3"
you can tell who's never worked in a machine shop on this thread. Retooling = real cost.
Most of the competitive US industries have already had to retool.
The last time there was a debate was when Ronnie I listen to Astrologers Raygun undid the US conversion to the metric system.