Why are things so bad for them in NT? I was under the impression they had much better access to welfare and education than the rest of us. Am I wrong? Are they not partaking of it? Are they discriminated against and unable to find housing/schooling?
(Not my photo, but it's from the place I remember)
I mean the entire ring around Paris is a ghetto - as grungy as any American city.
Murder rates are not as bad - but petty crime and other forms of violence are just as bad.
The level of social malaise due to lack of integration of newcomers from the Maghreb and M/E is growing quite quickly.
And Marseille? Lyon? Even worse.
So yes - the American 'hardcore ghettos' are the worst, but beyond that I don't think Europe is that higher.
And the US has a considerably larger middle/middle-upper class of aspirants, which is a difficult proposition for most Europeans.