These sound like excuses for not trying. Plenty of US cities are smaller and don’t have anywhere close to the handle on major social problems that Singapore doe

These sound like excuses for not trying. Plenty of US cities are smaller and don’t have anywhere close to the handle on major social problems that Singapore does. If Singapore were in the U.S. it would be the second largest city by population. Singapore has four national languages. It is very diverse. To take homelessness as an example, police in Singapore can force you to go to a shelter, which is one reason why you don’t see homeless people everywhere. But they also have shelters with space. Many US cities don’t have space for their homeless population. The waiting list is years long.