In my case it was Seattle, a wonderful town around 25 years ago, and know a shit …
It’s probably mostly because of the stupid covid politics, and yes, social welfare in those cities. On the other hand

So yeah, it might be that another economic world crisis is on it’s way.
Too many debts, too many incentives for asocial behavior and the idea that one has to provide jobs – right?

You can see housing in tents and on the other hand decaying house in other countries. Why not go there. Now you can guess. …

Overall, if honest work does not do it, you may become criminal ….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW3ndFG4DqM&t=722s

It really depends. But you often find deserted down towns. I think that is a real problem. But there are cities where they do exist, striving, downtowns. You just have to be willing to move there