Every time that island country comes up, the same people start laughing. “See? Look at their red-light areas. What a joke.”
Then five minutes later they’re posting skyline photos covered in LED lights like neon equals virtue.
I don’t know. Walk a few streets behind any shiny business district. Past the malls. Past the glass towers. You’ll find older blocks that never make it into promo videos. The same kind of quiet economy exists. Different language on the door, same arrangement inside.
Big screens and bright lights don’t automatically mean a society is cleaner. Sometimes it just means the camera angle is better.
It’s easy to point at someone else’s mess. Harder to admit your own city has corners people prefer not to film.