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Why is this such a uniquely American problem? Large, dense cities in the rest of the world don't face these issues.
by jhugo 4y ago
Why is this such a uniquely American problem? Large, dense cities in the rest of the world don't face these issues.
- np- 4y agoLarge dense cities in certain parts of Europe and east Asia don’t face these issues (and even then, there isn’t really the same concept of large and dense in most of Europe), but I would say chaotic unfriendly cities are the default in most of the world. In a sense, many American cities act as a bridge between these two worlds. It also doesn’t help that you can fall much farther in the US than other places before anyone even begins to notice.
- closeparen 4y agoIndividualism and unusually strong civil rights? In other countries people similarly troubled would be involuntarily committed or cared for by family.
- maccolgan 4y agoIf the government picked people it didn't like from the streets and checked them into a mental hospital, it'd be strangely un-American.