Of course, he could have some arbitrary thing against cities which start with the letter 'M'.

But why would that be worth posting?

I'm trying to argue the more general view of how amazing this country is and how _that_ is the consensus view and the OP is in the minority.

He could be a miserable sod for all I know. But again, that's not my problem or that interesting to anyone on HN.

The awesomeness of Oz on the other hand? There's a lot of supporting material for that position.

I was simply trying to balance the picture for other HNers who have never been to Oz.