IanO
Superstar
Point being, a city's CBD should be pristine and ours is far from and more so than nearly anywhere that I visit.
Point being that I live and work in some of the cities that you reference and that my wife is native to NYC with family in both Beantown and Chitown to boot, and over 1/3 of my Board of Directors live and work in Edmonton, which I travel to regularly. I spend oodles of time in the company of my inlaws in these U.S. cities on a regular basis. Ian, you are just dead wrong about the very cities that you reference. And CCTV is part of the answer for Edmonton; not all -- just part. The City also needs more social activity and connectivity (Old Strathcona is a good model to follow) in its matrix of urban streets -- that is one area where Edmonton has a l-o-n-g way to go. Unfortunately, the City has a planning department focused on passive activities -- planters and benches (don't get me started on that tune again) instead of active streets. I can hardly wait until post-COVID to show in real form what it is that I am talking about. Beljan gets it, if you want a local reference.