fade-im not trying to say that berkeley was a shithole or anything, i loved the atmosphere of the city but some parts of the bay area are just really run down (elcerrito for example idk if anything has changed since I was there)
still loved the city, but maybe my perspective was skewed due to going from toronto suburbs to an smaller apartment for a while (+ i lived for a while in albany ca which was still pretty nice tbh) not trying to shit talk cali at all
buffalo's a nice place if u stay between main and richmond which gives u like a 4 block strip where ur actually safe tbh
but in stark contrast i always felt safe in toronto and china was just different and really cool and i loved it
so what you're saying is: "I only feel safe around chinks and chink bubbles." Literally every urban city is like that lmao
fade- it's not all sweatshops and sex slaves like you have this image of
Fu Zhou/Fujian is full of sex workers, it's pretty common for girls from poor rural areas of China to move into more populated areas to become sex workers while they have their looks.
fade-america's literally the biggest shithole ever compared to both toronto and china
To generalize the US based off limited experiences in 2 cities while playing videogames in your apartment is pretty asinine. I guess living in ur high-rise condo in China paid for by your parents money that they made in America is hella nice. Families from lower classes literally have green card marriages to live in the US and work a low-wage 80 hour job at some chinese restaurant.
Back when I lived there during summers the river water was green af, trash was the scent that filled the air, and everyone smokes. Saying America is a shithole and China isn't is just a delusion by your yellow tinted glasses.
On topic: China is pretty swell, don't take shit from anyone, always haggle.