AI> >> I never told Aaron that he didn't know what he is talking about. I told
 AI> >> him New York was a successful state, because that is what it is.
 AI> 
 AI> > That's like me telling you that British Columbia is a terrible place whe
 AI> > syringes litter the streets, nobody recycles, and everybody is high all 
 AI> > time.
 AI> 
 AI> There are places like that, an area called the downtown eastside
 AI> resembles your description. Exteme poverty and drugs galore, I've seen
 AI> it myself.
 AI> 
 AI> That area covers 10 square blocks and does not represent British
 AI> Columbia.

I have to insist that the downtown east side of Vancouver is "highly successful." I've never been there, but I've been to a lot of websites.

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