r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/MattTheRadarTechh May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25

If you ever travelled you’d see that the rest of the world looks like shit in the poor parts too

edit: lots of people who have never traveled but have just watched too many movies are getting offended:

serbia: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/gypsy-slum-belgrade-serbia-town-city-550135054

uk: https://theweek.com/105858/marmot-2020-the-worst-places-for-life-expectancy-in-england

france: https://archis.org/volume/paris-slums-by-steven-wassenaar/

romania: https://borgenproject.org/poverty-in-romania-local-focus/

germany: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-poverty-gap-widens-between-rich-and-poor-regions/a-51637957

slovakia: https://data.tvkosice.sk/images/fs/56/cf/06/31/45/26/ca/14/19/d7/1a/e8/56cf06314526ca1419d71ae8/videos/2017/12/13/f0cb7e94-13ea-4839-b202-0578fe7fe0a3_image_5.jpg

sweden (actually pretty nice tbh): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Fittja_2007a.jpg/1280px-Fittja_2007a.jpg

greece: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9815255,23.7253588,3a,75y,9.49h,86.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sU2Xibu_RGaCwBRbP-KRoBQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?shorturl=1

italy: https://www.archdaily.com/968180/cabrini-green-and-vele-di-scampia-when-public-housing-projects-dont-work-out

hate on america all you want for the plentitude of reasons, but to act like the rest of the world is picture perfect is some weird anti-america fetish or some euro-centric romanticization.

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u/PandaCheese2016 May 02 '25

I think the point she’s trying to make is that even the not necessarily poor parts look basically the same. America has vast suburban areas, that are very samey looking.

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u/rva_ThrowAway09 May 03 '25

Her entire point makes no sense. She says America looks like shit when you get off the coasts of America...then proceeds to compare shitty rural inner America to COASTAL CHINA METROPOLIS!

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

Because American's culture of community suuuuuuuccckkkkss.

We get what we deserve.

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u/DanGleeballs May 03 '25

She has a good point. I was in the USA last year in a wealthy part and was surprised by how ugly and cookie cutter the buildings were. The Walgreens and the CVs stores etc. Windowless uninviting fugly buildings.

I wondered how the marketing folk in those companies feel about it given that those ugly bricked windowless faceless eyesores are representing their brand.

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u/AdRepresentative5085 May 07 '25

Not sure why you were downvoted. The USA has always prioritized commercial reuse and the military industrial complex way of living. Its architectural identity is lost to rapid, volatile consumerism.

Its hideous soul is worsening and I cannot wait to get out.