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> I would argue differently, and say that it's entirely a factor of density. The more people that are crammed into a small area, the more you will see the spectrum of human behavior in any given situation.

Then why are New York and Chicago so much worse in this regard than Tokyo? They’re all big, dense, highly populated cities.



As someone above said - culture. As to why the culture is different between say, NYC and Tokyo, well there’s many factors involved.

But as some people say when describing certain things in NYC, “it’s why we can’t have nice things”.


>NYC and Tokyo, well there’s many factors involved.

And the most obvious one is demographic composition.


Probably the most taboo thing to say too.

I myself prefer the diversity of NYC over the monoculture of most East Asian cities (and I say this as an East Asian myself), but failing to recognize that both models have pros and cons because of political correctness is stupid.


Manhattan sucks but NYC has great neighborhoods




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