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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Singapore has very few homeless people or filth. We don't have to copy them, but neither is it true to pretend there's nothing DC could do about the crisis-level destruction of pur public spaces and violence in the streets.[/quote]

Can you imagine the Union Station bathroom in Singapore? They would.lose their ever living minds!!![/quote]

Maintaining nice and clean public spaces is also about equity. Even if you're poor, you also get to enjoy nice public amenities like everyone else. That's why life in Europe and many cities in Asia is centered so much more around life outside, as opposed to everyone hiding in their gated communities. But having clean cities also means not tolerating too much filth and public disorder like here in DC.[/quote]

This country used to have some very nice public spaces. And then they were defunded and run down. Why? Because desegregation happened and white politicians didn’t want funding going to places where black and white members of the public could mix. This phenomenon is well documented. The Fairground Park pool in St. Louis being the best documented of many examples.[/quote]

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