I don't know how bad it is in the US at the moment because I can imagine in a country as big as that it would vary wildly but I've seen the New York videos of recent bullshit with migration and the built up areas look horrible. Imagine actually believing the media narrative around population, but I really am having a major case of "My lying eyes" lately because I swear even by the standards of Bradford which I have to drive through regularly things are regularly getting worse.
How bad are things in the built up areas you guys are? Suburbs any better? How many of you are thinking of buying a plot land in the middle of nowhere so you can camp on it for a few weeks to keep away from people? I know I am, fuck, I'd consider buying a plot of land in a desert that nobody wants because I hate it that much.
My reply is based on the assumption that you're British and have never been to North America.
Yes and no.
Here's the first thing you need to realize about the US and Canada. The overwhelming majority of both countries is either completely undeveloped, or agriculture on a scale so massive it defies European sensibilities. There are only maybe two dozen cities on the WHOLE CONTINENT that compare to the likes of Paris or Berlin, and maybe five that rival London (NYC, LA, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta).
In the vast majority of US cities, the problem is not population but rather de-industrialization. Detroit is the stereotype (miles of rotting abandoned houses because there are no jobs), but the same is happening on a smaller scale in most cities outside the top twenty metros. America (and Canada) is seeing population concentration into islands of extremely high density development while the rest of the country falls apart.
That's partly why the Portland & Seattle riots were so unusual. Race dynamics simply aren't much of an issue in areas where there are no jobs to be had. It takes a special kind of privileged stupid to complain about America being more racist than classist.