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Originally Posted by SHiRO
Is this ignorance (because Canadian and European cities are very diverse, in many cases moreso than US cities) or veiled racism (because when you say "diverse" you mean something else)?
In either case, stupid post...
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US cities are diverse from each other. New Orleans =/= NYC. Memphis =/= San Diego.
All 4 cities have different economic and socioeconomic makeups. New Orleans especially has been struggling ever since its status as major port city and Memphis more or less suffered from deindustrialization. San Diego is made up of mostly suburban (and disjointed) neighborhoods and never really had that high of a homicide rate. New York is of course New York and unlike any other US cities so whatever caused homicide rates to fall there isn't guaranteed to work anywhere else.
The social aspect in the US that makes it different from Europe or Canada is how guns are a pretty big part of US culture and wealth inequality. Race falls in there somewhere (though it's more parallel to wealth inequality rather than a correlation), but generally, the formal two aspects are not very evident in Canadian or European culture.
But sure, if I'm wrong then be sure to enlighten me.