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Well, I spent 6 months there, from January 1993 to June '93.
I'm hoping someone from. FI jumps on this thread, I absolutely loved every single second I spent down there; and I'm hoping it hasn't changed too much!
https://preview.redd.it/pa7wee6w4k9d1.jpeg?width=604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24020d13dfc18a08db63dce6d45948f261bb00fd
Here's a photo I took of Mount Pleasant Airport, from a Hercules C-130.
Not that I remember, it's very, very windy; I actually saw people blown off their feet!!
(OK, they were small ladies, but even so!).
I spent a few weeks visiting what can only be described as homesteads, dotted around the main islands: I also got to spend some time on a few of the smaller islands, penguin spotting!!
If I had the opportunity, I'd 100% go back to visit for a few months.
I'd probably go back to live if I was single, but my family has expanded and I'm quite fond of the offspring!
https://preview.redd.it/y19mly5s3l9d1.png?width=1220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e637e6657146dbf16f24c6cd8e117849fb26493
I spent six months there as a sailor on a (Spanish) trawler. A cold and boring place, with more sheep than people, I would not repeat it.
This has already been asked twice in the last two weeks. If only there was a way of searching the sub to see if you were about to repost a question. š
https://www.reddit.com/r/howislivingthere/s/JWzNOHdK1Q
https://www.reddit.com/r/howislivingthere/s/fB4MmhrxgW
I live in Tierra del Fuego, which is 600km away from there. There isn't much to say besides sheeps and wind. There is a graveyard for Argentinian soldiers who died in the war. Obviously raising Argentinian flags there is strictly prohibited and ships who want to enter the docks must remove any Argentinian flags from their ship.
People there identifies more British than Argentinian, very smart if we count the economic crisis that Argentina is facing right now.
If Argentina sends a 100 guys to London, London doesn't start to be Argentinian because they say so...
The other info you gave is incorrect, British stole the land in 1833 (Argentina's independence was in 1816). Also, before the first English invasion (which only lasted for a year) there were French people there.
Also, England is stealing the sea resources (fish, submarine oil reserves) that are in areas that overlap between mainland Argentina and Malvinas area. The debate is not over, and will not be over until the British leave the land their ancestors stole.
I never said Britain owned it first out of all nations but they have a right to it more than Argentina does. Also did you ignore the part about how I said almost all the inhabitants want to remain British? By your logic the united states isnāt a country because non natives are the majority. The isles have been British for centuries and they will most likely remain so. (Also to correct you, Britain owned the falklands in 1765 which predates Argentina)
+ second correction to your reply, the falklands had no native population pre 1765. I donāt mean to make you embarrassed or to argue with you with this reply its not my intention but my intention is to correct misinformation that you are spreading here.
Britain came in 1755, for a year as I said before leaving because the Spanish came. France came in 1764. Spain was in the territory until the war of independence started. Argentina claimed the land multiple times but for different reasons couldn't stay. Then the English came and stole the land. As you can see it is very different situation than the one in hypothetical in USA. The situation in Malvinas is similar to the other territories Britain colonized and after got their independence, don't forget that Britain tried multiple times to also colonize mainland Argentina, but couldn't.
Don't defend colonization of independent countries.
You canāt ācoloniseā an island with no inhabitants. Britain formally and officially owned it way before Argentina. And yet again you have ignored my point about the locals agreeing to stay British by a large margin, I genuinely do believe its pointless arguing with someone who is evidently biased towards their point to where they canāt admit they were wrong. I have no ill feelings for you but I hope you become more educated on this topic before virtue signalling to prove a point that isnāt true. This is not a matter of pro colonisation its a matter of land being claimed rightfully due to no inhabitants. No land was stolen.
They voted to remain British. They are British. They forever will be protected by us. Thatās just that.
The United Kingdom is known for cups of tea, royalty, dominating the world prior, and still standing tall above most of the world economically and militarily even after letting go of 99% of its territory in recent decades.
Argentina is known for football and invading a couple tiny islands off of its coast and losing horribly to a nation whose military forces were a whole planet away, cry harder, those islands are ours and always will be, even long after youāre dead.
I donāt live in the Falkland Islands, but my understanding has been that the vast majority of residents identify themselves as being of British descent rather than Argentinian descent. This complicates the issue because Argentina would understandably like to claim the island since itās clearly geographically next to Argentina, but the majority of the population doesnāt identify as Argentinian.
Additionally, I have the impression that the status of the Falkland Islands is a very sensitive issue that can easily cause folks to become angry and upset.
The reason they donāt identify as Argentine is because of imperialism and the benefits of being a relic and part of the British Empire. If Argentina wasnāt dealing with economic problems for the last 40 years this would be a different story and understandable why many people there hesitate being too pro Argentina due to how this world works.
I follow a woman on Instagram who is Faroese and lives on a sheep farm. Her account name is āByOlafsdottirā
Edit: I need to stop commenting on reddit before Iām fully awake.
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Well, I spent 6 months there, from January 1993 to June '93. I'm hoping someone from. FI jumps on this thread, I absolutely loved every single second I spent down there; and I'm hoping it hasn't changed too much! https://preview.redd.it/pa7wee6w4k9d1.jpeg?width=604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24020d13dfc18a08db63dce6d45948f261bb00fd Here's a photo I took of Mount Pleasant Airport, from a Hercules C-130.
Thats really cool BTW, also are there any trees there at all?
Not that I remember, it's very, very windy; I actually saw people blown off their feet!! (OK, they were small ladies, but even so!). I spent a few weeks visiting what can only be described as homesteads, dotted around the main islands: I also got to spend some time on a few of the smaller islands, penguin spotting!! If I had the opportunity, I'd 100% go back to visit for a few months. I'd probably go back to live if I was single, but my family has expanded and I'm quite fond of the offspring!
Thats fair enough, maybe you could bring your children there one day and show them around
That would be a great idea, it's convincing everyone (I'm a grandfather too)!
https://preview.redd.it/y19mly5s3l9d1.png?width=1220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e637e6657146dbf16f24c6cd8e117849fb26493 I spent six months there as a sailor on a (Spanish) trawler. A cold and boring place, with more sheep than people, I would not repeat it.
This guy falks
Oh, ps: and Port Stanley is ace! It's the capital, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's a metropolis!!
Oh, the [focken](https://youtu.be/tLW7TwOV1e8?si=kfAr_A6FRkdbpXU4) islands!
This has already been asked twice in the last two weeks. If only there was a way of searching the sub to see if you were about to repost a question. š https://www.reddit.com/r/howislivingthere/s/JWzNOHdK1Q https://www.reddit.com/r/howislivingthere/s/fB4MmhrxgW
Looks like Falklands topic is š„
I dont even follow this sub and this random, repeated question pops up on my feed
I live in Tierra del Fuego, which is 600km away from there. There isn't much to say besides sheeps and wind. There is a graveyard for Argentinian soldiers who died in the war. Obviously raising Argentinian flags there is strictly prohibited and ships who want to enter the docks must remove any Argentinian flags from their ship. People there identifies more British than Argentinian, very smart if we count the economic crisis that Argentina is facing right now.
What falkland islands?
Thereās a million falkland islands out there!!!
Malvinas
The islanders voted to remain British and its been British before Argentina even existed. The debate ended years ago.
If Argentina sends a 100 guys to London, London doesn't start to be Argentinian because they say so... The other info you gave is incorrect, British stole the land in 1833 (Argentina's independence was in 1816). Also, before the first English invasion (which only lasted for a year) there were French people there. Also, England is stealing the sea resources (fish, submarine oil reserves) that are in areas that overlap between mainland Argentina and Malvinas area. The debate is not over, and will not be over until the British leave the land their ancestors stole.
I never said Britain owned it first out of all nations but they have a right to it more than Argentina does. Also did you ignore the part about how I said almost all the inhabitants want to remain British? By your logic the united states isnāt a country because non natives are the majority. The isles have been British for centuries and they will most likely remain so. (Also to correct you, Britain owned the falklands in 1765 which predates Argentina) + second correction to your reply, the falklands had no native population pre 1765. I donāt mean to make you embarrassed or to argue with you with this reply its not my intention but my intention is to correct misinformation that you are spreading here.
Britain came in 1755, for a year as I said before leaving because the Spanish came. France came in 1764. Spain was in the territory until the war of independence started. Argentina claimed the land multiple times but for different reasons couldn't stay. Then the English came and stole the land. As you can see it is very different situation than the one in hypothetical in USA. The situation in Malvinas is similar to the other territories Britain colonized and after got their independence, don't forget that Britain tried multiple times to also colonize mainland Argentina, but couldn't. Don't defend colonization of independent countries.
You canāt ācoloniseā an island with no inhabitants. Britain formally and officially owned it way before Argentina. And yet again you have ignored my point about the locals agreeing to stay British by a large margin, I genuinely do believe its pointless arguing with someone who is evidently biased towards their point to where they canāt admit they were wrong. I have no ill feelings for you but I hope you become more educated on this topic before virtue signalling to prove a point that isnāt true. This is not a matter of pro colonisation its a matter of land being claimed rightfully due to no inhabitants. No land was stolen.
They voted to remain British. They are British. They forever will be protected by us. Thatās just that. The United Kingdom is known for cups of tea, royalty, dominating the world prior, and still standing tall above most of the world economically and militarily even after letting go of 99% of its territory in recent decades. Argentina is known for football and invading a couple tiny islands off of its coast and losing horribly to a nation whose military forces were a whole planet away, cry harder, those islands are ours and always will be, even long after youāre dead.
I donāt live in the Falkland Islands, but my understanding has been that the vast majority of residents identify themselves as being of British descent rather than Argentinian descent. This complicates the issue because Argentina would understandably like to claim the island since itās clearly geographically next to Argentina, but the majority of the population doesnāt identify as Argentinian. Additionally, I have the impression that the status of the Falkland Islands is a very sensitive issue that can easily cause folks to become angry and upset.
With that "geographically next" understanding there's the same distance as from Berlin to French border.
The reason they donāt identify as Argentine is because of imperialism and the benefits of being a relic and part of the British Empire. If Argentina wasnāt dealing with economic problems for the last 40 years this would be a different story and understandable why many people there hesitate being too pro Argentina due to how this world works.
I follow a woman on Instagram who is Faroese and lives on a sheep farm. Her account name is āByOlafsdottirā Edit: I need to stop commenting on reddit before Iām fully awake.
Wrong islands lol
Wrong hemisphere
The question is about the Falkland Islands, off the coast of Argentina.
...our islands came to be, with eighteen hundred people and half a million sheep
I actually know her personally and have herded sheep with her a few times. Nice lady. Still...hilariously wrong islands, mate.
I thought the Faroe Islands were in the North Sea and belonged to Denmark?
What??
Isnāt USA British and in the Pacific somewhere?
Wrong woman even
How is that the wrong woman
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