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Umm, I’m pretty sure all of them are in much better shape than India’s cities. I mean, skid row in LA, arguably one of the worst places in a U.S. city, isn’t ev
by rhaway84773 3y ago
Umm, I’m pretty sure all of them are in much better shape than India’s cities. I mean, skid row in LA, arguably one of the worst places in a U.S. city, isn’t even half as bad in terms of decrepitness and lack of infrastructure as Dharavi in Mumbai. The latter of which is the second largest slum in the world, behind only Brazil’s favelas.
But I don’t get this attitude. No one is “telling” India what to do. It’s a news article from a global publication that does similar stuff for cities and countries all over the world.
For example, I bet you will find an order of magnitude more articles on the Economist about the US’s failing infrastructure or homelessness problem etc.
Frankly, it’s just a sign of deep insecurity that whenever anyone posts something about India there will be people popping up with whataboutism and defensiveness.
- rhaway84773 3y agoThis attitude is even worse in an article that points to an Indian city that has made great progress and says it can make even more progress if given more autonomy, and then points to quotes about the decrepit ness of a Chinese and an American city which have improved drastically showing a positive path for Indian cities as well.
- throwaway75 3y ago> Umm, I’m pretty sure all of them are in much better shape than India’s cities. Umm, no.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoI don't think most Americans realize how bad they have it. The US is a great place if you're rich. For everyone else, Europe is better because hyper-individualism only works when you have immense resources of your own. There isn't as much extreme poverty in the US (some in Appalachia still don't have sanitary sewers) than India but there is a great deal of borderline poverty where people live paycheck-to-paycheck in the US.