Not to mention talk about "survival skills" as if that should be normal in a highly wealthy western country in a highly wealthy city. That's shit you talk about in developing countries.

old people love talking about shit. Younger people are more into survival.

I'm not blaming them for the crime, just their lack of understanding how the world works. If you want to understand poverty in america the only place to look is capital and americans' commitment to individual material comfort over all other values.

Both Australia and Singapore are very individualistic, capitalistic and materialistic, and yet you don't get robbed constantly.

> the only place to look is capital and americans' commitment to individual material comfort over all other values

the only place to look is the disgust with which americans view enforcement of public order