This is an absurdly loaded response. I never said anything about America being great. I live in London. I was just making a point for a largely American readership which has a tendency to presume the rest of the world is far better (as you do) without having actually experienced anything else but the US.
There are many small cities in the US fairing very well, just as there are here in the UK. But you’d never read about them because they aren’t sovereign nations.
Sweden is a great example of this. Typically held up by Americans as some sort of utopia, until they became the poster child for cavalier covid handling. Now people just move on and pick some other new comparison.
I've lived in London, Mumbai, San Francisco, and many American cities.
Your original comment is nothing more than the standard "Correlation is not causation" comment of these stories. It's exceedingly low information content and ever-present.
Possibly. I'm trying to get you to stop doing this, however. One can hope that we can talk without repeating endless cliches. If it doesn't work, then we've all paid the cost and gained nothing. If it works, I've paid the cost this time and we never have to pay it in the future.
Alternatively, I'm working with a friend on a way for me to browse HN without encountering these.
There are many small cities in the US fairing very well, just as there are here in the UK. But you’d never read about them because they aren’t sovereign nations.
Sweden is a great example of this. Typically held up by Americans as some sort of utopia, until they became the poster child for cavalier covid handling. Now people just move on and pick some other new comparison.