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I don't disagree. I've spent a lot of time in Canada and although Canada has a poverty rate not that different from the US, you just don't see the ghettos like you do in the US.

I'm not sure why that is. My initial impression is that Canadian cities just don't allow certain sections of their cities to stagnate and crumble (maybe funding?). I remember reading that at one point in time Philadelphia had 16,000 abandoned vehicles in the city. In Canada, if a car looks like it's abandoned on a public street, you'd be lucky if 2-3 weeks passed before it was towed. Maybe that extends to other efforts as well?