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It's always possible to craft an anecdotal argument to disprove a generalized statement. We were obviously dealing in apples and oranges here..

I was making a generalized statement that likely applies to a large number of places (but indeed not all places), and you were providing a specific but not really comparable counter-point in return.

So yes, we were both right, but then again I ask "why reply?" if you're not replying in a similar context.

That's like me saying "the oceans are vast and dangerous" and you saying "but a pond is relatively safe"... You're technically correct, but what does it have to do with my initial statement?