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9943620jJ t1_j6t3w4h wrote

I visited New York from the uk last month and did a lot of walking all around Manhattan, and stayed for a week. Weirdly I feel like I didn’t see that many homeless people; I was expecting it to be way worse. London feels worse than what I saw

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[deleted] t1_j6u1xro wrote

Check out Seattle, Portland, or Los Angeles if you want to see the crazy shit with the tents and pallet fortresses.

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iv2892 t1_j6tyx92 wrote

New Yorkers tend to be very negative towards their city since I I have memory , but most of them would still defend their city . It’s a pretty cool love hate relationship

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brownredgreen t1_j6xqopm wrote

Perception bias is a hell of a drug.

And most tourists from the UK or elsewhere, tend to stick to, well, touristy areas. Politicians tell cops to do more in those areas to keep them "clean" for the tourists.

So i suspect its about what neighborhoods youre thinking of in London, vs which ones you visited in NYC.

That said: the media loves to play up fear, and the homeless cause some people fear (they can be unstable, and unstable people can be dangerous) so the media will happily overblow a homeless situation to get clicks

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