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Old Posted Sep 17, 2011, 9:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin View Post
Toronto has plenty of abandoned factories, decaying buildings, graffiti, homeless people, and dirty streets too. So does just about every other successful city (New York, London, Paris, whatever). While some of these things are definitely undesirable (like homelessness and a loss of manufacturing jobs), they aren't necessarily indicative of a failed city or society.
Actually I happen to think that abandoned factories, decaying buildings, graffiti, homeless people and dirty streets are directly indicative of a failed society.

And just because most cities have these doesn't make it any less of a failure.
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