Go and Google “non sequitur” and you’ll find that you were being fallacious.
I have never met anyone who went to Amsterdam and came back and said, “America should do exactly what Amsterdam has done because that place is so much better than America” or anything even remotely similar to that.
I have met I think two people who liked Amsterdam. They were both in their early 20’s, very much burn-outs, with no jobs, were not looking for jobs, and spent a lot of time playing video games. Of course, what they are saying is that they like cesspools.
There is the crowd you are addressing.
Anyone who has been comments on what a cesspool it is.
You think you've met everyone who's been to Amsterdam?
Wow. Talk about a brilliant non sequitur.
The people I'm addressing follow it just fine. You may too, if you ponder the meaning of your word "anyone."
I have never met anyone who went to Amsterdam and came back and said, “America should do exactly what Amsterdam has done because that place is so much better than America” or anything even remotely similar to that.
Now you're catching on - you're not in a position to say what "anyone who has been" says, but only "anyone you have met." We'll really have gotten somewhere when you realize that the latter group cannot be assumed to be a representative sample of the former group.