美国和英国，哪个国家更加宜居？

Frank Melling, Author (1970-present)
My highly literate, liberal, kind, caring friend lives 30 miles north of LA. He has two AR15s, both with bump stop automatic fire mechanisms, a tactical shotgun, a Glock 9mm and his father’s Colt .45. He also tells me that he has ample ammunition to defend his wife and property from any kind of attack.
By contrast, I have only a smile and kind words to protect me - and I feel blessed that this is all that I need to feel safe in England.
 
我有一位学识渊博、心胸开阔、善良体贴的朋友，住在洛杉矶以北30英里的地方。他有两把AR15，都有防撞自动射击装置，一把战术霰弹枪，一把格洛克9毫米手枪和他父亲的柯尔特45手枪。他还告诉我他有足够的弹药来保护自己的妻子和财产的安全。
相比之下，我只能靠微笑和善意的话语来保护自己。我感到很幸运，依靠这些我在英国就可以很安全了。
 
Neil Highnam
Depending on where you live there’s a lot of crime in Britain. The big difference is that most criminals aren’t armed with guns.
 
取决于你在哪个区域生活，英国也有很多犯罪情况。一个很大的区别在于英国的大部分罪犯没有枪支
 
Michael VanOrsdale
Knives aren’t “armament?”
 
刀就不是武器吗？
 
Angela Birch
Well evidently not so much in the UK. The US has a higher rate of knife attacks than does the UK. Knifing is actually pretty rare in the UK except for rare occasions of teen gangs fighting each other. There is crime in the UK but compared to the US not a lot.
 
显然，持刀伤人在英国并不多见。美国持刀伤人的比例要高于英国。在英国，除了青少年帮派之间的斗殴以外，持刀杀人其实是非常罕见的。英国当然有犯罪活动，但与美国比的话，英国的犯罪活动并不多。
 
Michael VanOrsdale
If indeed there is more “knife” crime here in the US, it is more than likely due to the fact that our population is far larger than yours. Though, I must say, I don’t think your comment is true. Last I saw, the UK and especially Scotland, had the highest number of knife related incidents in all of Europe.
 
就算美国有更多的持刀伤人事件，那也是因为美国人口规模要远超英国的缘故。但我必须要说，我认为你的评论并不正确。据我所知，英国，尤其是苏格兰，发生的有关持刀犯罪事件是全欧洲最多的。
 
Allan James
Why didn't you simply Google the comparative knife crime stat's?
“There were 34 firearm homicides in the US per million of population in 2016, compared with 0.48 shooting-related murders in the UK.
Knife murders are also higher stateside: there were 4.96 homicides “due to knives or cutting instruments” in the US for every million of population in 2016.
In Britain there were 3.26 homicides involving a sharp instrument per million people in the year from April 2016 to March 2017.”
 
你为什么不直接查一下持刀犯罪的对比数据?
2016年，美国每百万人中有34人死于枪支谋杀，而英国的这一数字为0.48。
持刀杀人的比例在美国也更高，2016年，美国每百万人中有4.96人死于刀或切割类工具。
在英国，从2016年4月到2017年3月，每百万人中死于锐利工具的人数为3.26。
 
Cheryl Moulton
I suggest you google UK and US violent crimes per capita, you may learn something,
 
我建议你了解一下美国和英国的人均暴力犯罪数据，之后或许你能了解到一些东西
 
Michael VanOrsdale
What I found as well, was that England alone has something like 600 murders by knife per year (and 26,370 knife crimes) (2015). Compare that to only 1,500 for the U.S., with over 5 times the population. Home invasion robberies, aggravated assault, violent rape, and stabbings are worse in the UK than in the U.S.
 
我同样发现，单单英格兰2015年就发生了600起持刀杀人事件，全年与刀具相关的犯罪活动数目为26370。美国人口是英国的五倍多，但美国持刀杀人事件只有1500起。入室抢劫，暴力袭击，暴力强奸和持刀伤人事件在英国比在美国更严重。
 
Mark Bowyer
Sorry, but that is patently untrue.
In 2015 the UK had a knife murder rate of 3.23 per million, compared to a US rate of 4.9.
I’d check that 600 figure if I were you, it sounds like stabbings, not fatal stabbings.
 
抱歉，但这显然不是真的。
2015年，英国每百万人中持刀杀人率为3.23人，而美国为4.9人。
如果我是你，我会去查一下数据的真实性，那600起并不一定都是持刀杀人事件，听上去像是持刀伤人，但并没有致人于死地。
 
Mark Chippendale
As I've said elsewhere, if having a gun is necessary to feel safe, then you're not really free!
 
正如我在其他地方说过的那样，如果要有枪才能觉得安全的话，那么说明你并不是真正的自由
 
Brandon Donald Richards
Owning a gun & feeling safe are not connected. Guns are just fun!
 
拥枪和感觉是否安全并没有什么关系。拥枪只是为了好玩而已
 
Marcel Buquet
Americans feel safe with a gun. They ignore the fact that there are those who get shot by a robber with their own gun. Remember that if a robber enters your home at night then he is awake, but you have to wake up get your gun, load it and then shoot. By that time you have already been shot by the robber.
 
美国人有了枪才会觉得安全。但他们忽略了一个事实，那就是有些人会被劫匪用他们自己的枪打死。要知道，劫匪晚上进入你们家的时候是醒着的，但你必须要醒过来，拿到枪，装上子弹，然后才能射击。等到那个时候，你已经被劫匪开枪打死了。
 
Chris Fagg
In the US, known gun collectors are frequently the target of attacks by criminals. Some 300K guns are stolen annually from registered US gun owners.
 
在美国，知名的枪支收藏者经常会成为犯罪分子的攻击目标。根据美国枪支拥有者登记在册的数据显示，每年美国大约有30万支枪遭到盗窃。
 
Brian Muscat
Is he planning on going to war or something?
 
他是打算去打仗还是怎么地?
 
Maria Mancini
my son was mugged in London by two guys and knieves He called the police and they told him to file the complaint online and they will get back to him . Never did safe my ass. Lots of cases like this.
 
我的儿子在伦敦遭到过两个歹徒的持刀抢劫，他向警察报案，但警察让他在网上投诉，然后他们会回复他的。英国从来就不安全，有很多类似的案子。
 
Donna Paul
I’m Canadian and feel exactly like you do. However, I see signs of the “gun culture” moving into Eastern Canada. U.S. immigrants more than likely. Hopefully our stricter gun laws will put an end to that.
 
我是加拿大人，我和你是一样的想法。然而，我看到了枪支文化进入加拿大东部的迹象，很有可能是美国移民带来的。希望我们更加严格的枪支法律能够结束这种现象。
 
Gabrielle Butterfield
The same thing in Canada, but there are hunting rifles.These days I am so thankful not to be a US citizen.
 
加拿大也一样，但我们有猎枪，这些日子以来，我一直很庆幸自己不是美国人
 
James Diamond
Who’s going to attack him? I lived in the center of Detroit for 19 years and still don’t own a gun.
 
谁会攻击他？我在底特律生活了19年，但依然没有买过枪
 
Francis Boylan
I don't feel safe unarmed in England. I feel under threat constantly.
 
我觉得在英国手无寸铁并不安全。我经常感到受到威胁。
 
Nigel Warrick
Most Americans will prefer American, most Britons will prefer Britain.
 
大部分美国人更喜欢美式生活，大部分英国人喜欢英式生活
 
Kelsey Jim
It's not that safe in poor areas
 
在穷人区都不安全
 
Suyash Agrawal, lived in San Francisco
Answering as someone who has lived in UK (1 year) and USA (3 years now) but is not a native of any of these 2 countries.
Public Transport - UK has better public transport than USA, In the USA it is very difficult to manage without a car. I lived for a year in UK (Reading) and never felt the need to buy one. I could get a bus every 10 minutes to town center from (literally) any neighborhood.
 
我既不是美国人，也不是英国人，但我在英国生活过一年，在美国生活过三年。
公共交通方面：英国的公共交通比美国更好，在美国，如果你没有车的话，是很难出行的。我在英国生活的一年期间，觉得根本就没有买车的必要。任何一个街区每十分钟就有一辆开往市中心的巴士。
 
Indian Restaurants - UK has authentic Indian (Pakistani) restaurants in almost all cities (I have been to). In the USA unless you are in NYC, Bay Area, Philadelphia, Huston, Dallas or some other metropolitan you would not find authentic Indian food.
 
印度餐厅——我去过的英国几乎所有城市都有正宗的印度（巴基斯坦）餐厅。在美国，除非你是在纽约，旧金山湾区，费城，休斯顿，达拉斯等大城市，否则你是吃不到这些正宗的印度菜的。
 
Weather - UK has the best of summers on the planet. Winters are bit too much for someone from India. USA is very big geographically so one can experience totally different weather depending on where he / she lives in the country. In bay area it is very pleasant round the year (except couple of months in winters when it rains); in east coast spring time is totally worth it.
 
天气——英国夏天的气候是世界上最宜人的。但英国的冬天对印度人来说真是太难熬了。美国地域辽阔，住的地方不同，体会到的气候也完全不一样。在旧金山湾区一年四季都很宜人(除了冬天有几个月下雨);而东海岸的春季绝对有必要去体会一下。
 
Places to visit - If you are more into history, architectural building etc. UK is betters. USA has lot of national parks etc. There is no dearth of good places (museums, beaches, university campuses etc.) to see in either of the countries but USA being whole lot bigger geographically you have to have a lot of time (and patience to drive or money to fly) to see the places.
 
旅游景点——如果你对历史和建筑感兴趣的话，那么英国更适合你。但美国也有很多的国家公园。这两个国家都不缺好的旅游景点（博物馆，海滩，大学校园等），但美国要比英国大得多，你需要很多的时间和耐心开车或花钱坐飞机才能看到这些景点。
 
Visiting neighboring countries - For someone who is an alien (non-immigrant) resident UK is definitely better in terms convenience to visit neighboring countries. In UK with Shengen visa you can visit (drive / fly or take a cruise) over 25 countries. In USA you can either go to Canada or Mexico both of which require separate visas.
 
访问邻国——对于外国人来说（非移民），在访问邻国方面，英国绝对要比美国更加的方便。在英国，只要持申根签证，你就可以游览25个以上的国家。在美国，你可以去加拿大和墨西哥，但去这两个国家都需要单独办理签证。
 
Riding a bus - If you ride a bus in UK driver will (greet you with smile and) provide you with change when you buy ticket. In USA forget about both. I once paid USD 20 for USD 2.5 bus ride.
 
乘坐公共汽车——在英国，如果你乘坐公共巴士，当你买票时，司机会(微笑着和你打招呼)给你找零。在美国，想都别想。有一次，我在美国坐公交车，票价2.5美元的公交车我花了20美元，但司机根本不给我找零
 
Renting an apartment - In UK it is very easy to rent a fully furnished apartment. You move in and you dont have to buy bed, mattress or other basic furniture. In the USA as far as I know you only get dishwasher, refrigerator etc. in rented unit (no furniture).
 
租公寓——在英国，租一套家具齐全的公寓很容易。你不需要买床、床垫或其他基本家具，直接搬进来就可以了。在美国，据我所知，租来的房子里面只提供洗碗机和冰箱等家具。
 
Cost of Living - Electronics goods are cheaper in USA, Indian groceries are cheaper in UK, rent depends on city you live in. Overall they look same to me.
 
生活成本——美国的电子产品更便宜，英国的印度食品更便宜，房租取决于你住的城市。对我来说，生活成本总体上差不多。
 
Attire and Dressing - People in UK dress very formally and are very conscious about how they carry themselves. I had a house mate (white male) he would wear a blazer and tie when he went out for drinks with his friends. He wore ironed t-shirt for gym. In office people dresses very formally - leather shoes, ironed shirts / trousers, gelled hair. In USA (espl . in Bay Area) ,people dress more casually. I like USA in that sense.
 
着装和穿着——在英国，人们穿着非常正式，并且非常注意自己的举止。我有一个室友(白人男性)，当他和朋友出去喝酒时，他会穿西装打领带。他会穿着熨烫过的t恤去健身房。在办公室里，人们穿得很正式——皮鞋，熨过的衬衫/裤子，涂过胶的头发。在美国（在旧金山湾区）人们的穿着会更加的随意。从这个意义上来说，我更加喜欢美国。
 
Rhi Rc
I grew up in the UK and have mainly lived rurally. I disagree slightly with the formal attire. For young people it seems to be about the same on both sides of the pond. I’d say generally people dress up more for work in the UK but only in certain industries. In my job our dress code was ‘business casual’ so most of the mean would wear a shirt but no tie and polo shirts are fine. The women wear whatever really, black jeans and a blouse or T-shirt and skirt.
 
我在英国长大，主要在农村生活，我不太同意你对英国人着装上的看法。对于年轻人来说，大西洋两岸的情况都差不多。我想说的是，在英国，人们通常会穿得更正式一些，但仅限于某些行业。在我的工作中，我们的着装要求是“商务休闲装”，所以大多数人会穿衬衫，但不打领带，polo衫也可以。女人穿什么都可以，黑色牛仔裤配衬衫或t恤配裙子。
 
Rohit
Not to forget the Tip Culture in US..
 
别忘了美国还有小费文化
 
Mark Tracy
How long ago did you live in the UK? Because attire and clothing is not like that at all now.
 
你是多久以前在英国生活的？因为现在的着装要求已经完全不是那样了
 
Suyash Agrawal
It was in year 2014–15.
 
是在2014到2015年
 
Ranjith
Also point number 4 also not correct technically, it depends on what you want to see. I have lived in the UK for 5 years, US 2 years. US is at least 40 times bigger than the UK and has more places to see within the country without the need to do costly visas or anything. For example, what you see in Miami is totally different in Arizona or even Portland, also you have Canada, Mexico, Caribbean and a whole lot of Latin countries to see.
 
从技术上来说，第四点说的并不正确，这取决于你想观赏什么样的景点。我在英国生活了五年，在美国生活了两年。美国的面积至少是英国的四十倍，美国可看的景点比英国多得多，而且还不需要花钱办理什么签证。比如，你在迈阿密看到的景象和亚利桑那州或者甚至和波特兰的完全不一样，而且你还可以去加拿大，墨西哥，加勒比地区，和很多的拉美国家。
 
Robin Everson
I think you are completely off base. America has wonderful public transportation systems as well as international cuisine. All of the major cities in America have amenities that far outweigh anything offered in the UK.
 
我想你完全说错了。美国有非常好的公共交通系统，也有各种国籍美食。美国所有大城市的便利设施都远超英国。
 
Ranjith
There are loads of Indian restaurants in all major cities in the USA but not like the UK. but the Indian restaurants in the USA do the buffet, compared to the UK where they are there to rip off the customer. In states, you can still have a nice buffet for 12, 13 dollars, which would cost around 20 plus pounds in UK
 
与英国不同，美国所有大城市都有很多的印度餐厅。美国的印度餐厅都是自助的，而英国的印度餐厅习惯于宰客。在美国，你只要花12、13美元就可以吃一顿美味的自助餐，而在英国，这大约需要20多英镑