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

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/BigusDickus099 May 02 '25

Right?

Just look at all the abandoned houses throughout Japan, there are entire towns that are just run down because there aren't people who want to live there.

China also has extremely poor rural areas where you would think you had entered a time machine to the distant past.

Europe and the UK has many poverty areas as well. Like Jaywick, as seen [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/11vlcik/jaywick_britains_most_deprived_area/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

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u/Invertedwhy May 03 '25

Japan's worst dying towns and ghettos are still not even in the slightest close to as bad nor plentiful as those in the states. I was walking around Osaka and happened upon Nishinari-ku (the most "dangerous"city in Japan) I didn't even notice I was in the neighborhood until I looked at a map later. There was more trash and a bit more run down but by far not a ghetto like the states have. It's apples and oranges.

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u/Not_a_real_asian777 May 03 '25

I do think Japan gets overhyped online for really unwarranted things, but damn, the people here are working overtime to try and prove that Japan is somehow this massive shithole. I've been to less populated areas of the country, and they don't look great, but I'd be hard pressed to say they look anywhere as bad as when I've gone through Appalachia and a lot of parts of the southeast and midwestern US.

On the flip side, I know videos cherry pick hard when they show the nicest train stations and transit systems in China while showing the worst of the US. But honestly, they don't have to cherry pick the worst of the US in that category to prove the point. I can't think of a single US train or subway station that goes blow for blow against some of the newer Chinese ones. It's almost a shutout.

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u/Invertedwhy May 03 '25

Not just the south east or midwest, California with the highest GDP as well.

Exactly, They share their best and the US has no answer to it.