Seriously doubt people choose to live in the richest cities of the richest nations on Earth specifically because of urban decay.

What YOU see as urban decay, most see as "home".

	▲	matheusmoreira 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I don't get what your point is. Are you saying people don't fix and improve their homes? Leave cracks and potholes on the pavement for long enough, allow some dilapidated building to stand for long enough, and it just becomes part of the identity of the city and the people who live in it? It turns into the city's "character" ? To me that sounds like a coping mechanism.