I'm sure there's a bit of that, I've traveled to SF and Seattle every few years from NYC and both cities looked drastically more depressing each time that I vis

I'm sure there's a bit of that, I've traveled to SF and Seattle every few years from NYC and both cities looked drastically more depressing each time that I visited. At the same time I haven't really noticed the huge rise of homelessness in NYC. From talking to both Americans and immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe about these issues it seems to me like a lot of Americans have never been outside of North America and have a warped view of the rest of the world, while immigrants from poorer nations still see America as a land of opportunity and compare the living standards of the middle classes in the US vs their home country. It's really wild to hear Americans act like universal healthcare and free/affordable college is a radical communist agenda that's not fiscally feasible even though most other 1st world nations are able to do it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_universal_health_care https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_univers...).