NY (MetLife stadium) gets the final - announced by this young buck
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So itās New Yorkness depends on the scale of the event?
World Cup? Itās NYC. Hudson River Derby? Itās Jersey.
Iām hoping Australia, if qualified (which given the degree of expansion, Iād hope so), is in a group based in Mexico or Canada. Maybe I completely avoid the US (I need a Visa because Iām also an Iranian citizen).
On the other hand, I wouldnāt mind checking out games jn Seattle, LA, Texas and Jersey/NYC. I have family in Dallas and LA area, and Ontario, so I might be able to save on accommodation.
Given current relations and events between the US and Iran, youāll spend more time at the airport being interrogated by the TSA and FBI to any connections you may have than youāll spend in America itself.
Well, Iād be travelling on an Australian passport, even if I canāt get a Visa waiver, and my place of birth is St Leonards. My brother on the other hand, born in Tehranā¦No, heād be f**ked, as he was in 2002.
To be honest, my worst airport security experience was in Vancouver, not the US.
Born in St Leonardās? Can probably afford to bribe the border force
I have a mate who was born in Tehran and has lived out here forever. Has an aus passport. Not sure heās still an Iranian citizen though. He doesnāt seem to have any issues traveling over there.
Unless heās actively revoked his Iranian citizenship, he still has it. When you apply for a US Visa waiver these days it asks whether you are a dual citizen of a certain group of countries and/or have visited them since a certain date, and assuming you are honest, you canāt get the Visa waiver and therefore have to get a Visa.
The reverse is also true. My US citizen aunt had to get a Visa for Australia due to her Iranian citizenship (and she visited recently too). Even my mumās non-Iranian friend became ineligible for Visa waiver upon visiting Iran.
Yeah, but then we moved to Normanhurst and lost all our bribing status.
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And, oh God, it might be Trumpās Murica again. 
I hear Guantanamo is lovely at this time of year.
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Iāve always wanted to go to Cuba, dirty pinko that I am.
Yeah I dont know if heās still a citizen. He may be because I remember him talking about not being able to go back to Iran for a while because he would have been forced to do his military service if he did.
Yeah, I donāt think they can make a non-citizen serve, so Iād be guessing he hasnāt revoked. My brother is exempt based on my dadās age and being his only son, not that heād visit Iran any time soon anyway.
Had a mate who was worried he wouldnāt be able to leave the country after his dad passed away in Iran and he went down there for the funeral, but, they also wonāt wonāt ask a fatherless man to serve.
Although, if out-an-out war breaks out soon, conscription rules may change.
Thatās just America in general.
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The most continuous walking I could do in Houston was in Walmartās.
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Do they get to use all of those commercial stadium names if theyāre not a sponsor of the WC ? I remember when the Asian Cup was in Straya the āANZā was removed from the Olympic Stadium. FIFA are nutcases in this regard.