re: Tucker Carlson says Moscow, Russia is "nicer than any city" in the United States

Dubai is a new city overall. 35 years ago it was little more than a coastal town. The British essentially built the place with local money.

Singapore very much the same in that before the British came it was just shacks by the water. The British saw the value and built it up. Then they gave administration of the place to the ethnic Chinese.

New York has always had a gritty feel to it because of it being an immigrant hub with lots of transients.

I would however caution about white knighting for Moscow and the infrastructure. Whereas some of the stations look nice, the maintenance of the trains suck . I was there in 2010 and got on a subway and it just stopped. Waited 45 minutes until some cops came down the tunnel with flashlights to get all the people to the platform. The next day that line was still down. That would not happen in NYC.

Also, the historical center of Moscow is nice around the Kremlin, St Basil's, etc. The downtown business district is impressive looking. However, there is a strong OC presence in the area that you can feel.....many of those "hot" Russian model types are "property". Once outside of the center, the place is pretty depressing. Old Soviet era apartment towers and very little feel that these are neighborhoods.....just rack 'em and stack'em housing that has problems with reliable electricity and from what I was told by a local, plumbing.

St Petersburg is only marginally better.