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I always wonder why city centers in Europe and Asia feel so safe and prosperous, while many US cities are like, you know.
by hintymad 3y ago
I always wonder why city centers in Europe and Asia feel so safe and prosperous, while many US cities are like, you know.
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoThere’s kind of an obvious answer that starts with the letter ‘g’
- bart_spoon 3y agoNo, it’s not guns. They probably don’t help, but I think that’s way too simplistic. I’m not worried at all about having a gun pulled on me in San Francisco, but it can feel quite unsafe at times due to rampant drug use and untreated mental illness, burglary and theft, and general unsanitary conditions. I think it’s far more deep rooted in an American culture of hyper-individualism and anti-social behavior, said untreated mental illness and drug addiction, and poverty. Take guns away and I think 90% of the problem remains.
- anonyfox 3y agoworking social systems instead of neoliberal theocrats with weapons/police/prison-complex. Cities are walkable by design (most built before there were cars at all) and you can clearly correlate quality/quantity of public transport with quality of live. More money ends up in regional projects/maintenance of public goods instead of either going into private billionaires pockets (trickle down!!…) and/or military industrial complex. Specifically China: high coverage of CCTV and effective police forces. Like it or not, but even young women feel save going alone through a big city at night. Specifically Japan: society is very collectivistic and people go out of their way to not even disturb others. People even carry their trash in their pocket instead of throwing it on the streets. Specifically Europe: the richer you are, the higher the chances you live close to a city centre, villages/suburbs are for poor people/families/weirdos.