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Originally Posted by evman150
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Larger populations leads to more minorities finding each other and expanding (in more ways than just numbers). I know Jordon is trying to say, and its more than just more problems divided by more people, its the ability to have problem groups feaster. For instance, even in an area that is largely known to science focused, you will see religious extremists preaching on the streets. 10 million people in the Bay area, and the few extremists will find others who share something in common.
The bigger differentiator between the 2 countries has to be the widening separation between the wealthy and educated, and everyone else. Middle tier education in Canada is way better than middle education in the USA, and it shows. This widening spread causes problems for lower class, and by having the widening spread with the lower class far outgrowing the upper class, you see more crimes. (As a side note, I'm a little surprised I don't see any bitterness of any sort from the lower class in SF Bay Area towards the upper class)
(Side EDIT: Maybe hockeycop knows more about this than I do, with his LA story)
Lastly... USA is a big country. There are a lot of problem areas, and a lot of areas that don't have problems. Tough to say pinpoint issues for one area, and say its the same throughout the country. Even in the SF Bay Area, there is a huge difference between San Francisco, versus Oakland, versus Santa Clara, versus San Jose... even if they are a few miles apart from each other.