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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Urbanism in America is associated with being poor, hence we see a host of issues related to poverty.

In Asian countries, the wealthy live in he urban core. They do not migrate to the suburbs. Suburbs are still for people who cannot afford the core.[/quote]
There are a lot of poors in the urban areas in Asian countries. They are just hidden, and there aren't as many homeless people.  The US has a lot more regulations and laws that are supposed to prevent unsafe, cramped apartments.  Asian countries have more lax laws around that so poor people are able to find crap housing more readily.

Watch the movie Parasite (Seoul); there was also an incident not that long ago where torrential rainfalls caused flooding in Seoul, and some people who lived in these unsafe basement apartments died. There was a call to regulate these better.

Have you never seen pictures of the cramped apartments in Hong Kong with their cage like apartments?

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/jun/07/boxed-life-inside-hong-kong-coffin-cubicles-cage-homes-in-pictures

They are better at "sweeping the homeless under the rug".[/quote]

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