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My reply is based on the assumption that you're British and have never been to North America.
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
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.
standards of Bradford
My reply is based on the assumption that you're British and have never been to North America.
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
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 riots were so unusual. Race dynamics simply aren't much of an issue in areas where there are no jobs to be had.
standards of Bradford
My reply is based on the assumption that you're British and have never been to North America.
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
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.