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Originally Posted by Crawford
So in other words, you're asserting that crime in the U.S. is in fact closely correlated with poverty.
Then what is your explanation for the comparatively low crime in the poorest U.S. jurisdictions? What is your explanation for the biggest increase in crime in U.S. history concurrent with the biggest decrease in poverty? Detroit was one of the wealthiest cities in the country, had almost zero unemployment, had the highest homeownership rate in the countyr, and was economically booming back when crime exploded in the postwar era.
If poverty is closely correlated with crime, then crime in the U.S. should have been soaring in recent years, and should have been plummeting during the postwar era.
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I made absolutely no comment about any of this whatsoever...
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Originally Posted by Crawford
As usual, you didn't bother reading threads before making asinine comments.
I never wrote that any of these areas are "bland shitholes". In fact I never wrote anything bad about any city in Europe. All I wrote was that Americans do not get a representative picture of Europe from their visits, because places geared to tourism aren't representative of Europe. Venetians don't live like typical Europeans, that's all. It doesn't mean Venice is "better" than typical Europe (in fact I would much rather live in an Essen than a Venice), it's just that Venice is an outlier.
It's no different from Europeans visiting the U.S. and going to NYC, or Florida, or LA. They aren't getting a representative feel of typical U.S. They aren't going to Dallas or Kansas City.
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Off course I read the thread, I read all threads I post in and most I don't. Often multiple times... It's part of my job here...
Crawford, I couldn't give two fucks about whether or not you write something bad about European cities, it's the fact that you continually and relentlessly write things that are simply not true about European cities is what is bothering me (and hopefully others). Things you for starters can't even be knowledgeable about and yet you present yourself as some kind of expert about around here.
There's nothing wrong with Lille, Essen or Bradford. All are fine cities including narrow streets, good (and bad) architecture and plenty of street vitality. Lille even has a very attractive center and is a daytrip destination (with HSR connection) throughout the region (something you wouldn't know).
Point is that even these smaller and lesser known European cities are attractive and urban places. I'd even go a step further and claim that most even smaller and lesser known European cities (in the <200,000 or even <100,000 range) are plenty attractive and urban and good places to live.
Please stop spreading misinformation and stop degenerating this forum further.