[unmole]

> First off, have you ever visited a major city anywhere? You're going to see mentally-unwell drug addicts wandering around wherever you go.

Yeah, no. You most definitely don't see mentally unwell drug addicts wandering about in Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Hanoi or Hong Kong.

[low_common]

Well it helps that in those cases, it's a capital offense to even possess drugs in those cities so I'll take some drug addicts in my city over living in an authoritarian police state.

Also, let's talk abject poverty and economic disparity. Take a stroll around Mumbai and you'll see human suffering on a scale that will humble you. Try being a migrant construction worker in Dubai - many will call that modern-day slavery.

[unmole]

Drug possession is not a capital offence in India. And despite the suffering and squalor, you still don't see mentally unwell drug addicts in Mumbai.

Also, that's quite a climbdown from your original statement.

[low_common]

Show me where I conceded anything.

You listed several cities, excluding Mumbai, that have some of the harshest drug laws on the planet. And I'd say that the suffering and squalor in Mumbai is more disturbing than a few mentally disturbed individuals on the subway in NYC.

Not sure how you think you're winning here.

[unmole]

TFA is about drug use. The comment you replied to was about visible drug addicts. You went from claiming that all large cities have drug addicts everywhere to stating your subjective preferences.

[low_common]

My comment was rebuttal against the overall opinion of the OP. The user was saying that NYC, and the US in general, had become frightening and dystopian. As someone who lives here, I refute that.

If you want to get into a petty argument over details of what I said, then you're missing the point.