One of the cleanest cities I ever saw is Toronto, Canada. The family and I spent four days in Toronto on vacation some 38 years ago. We stayed in a hotel on the QE Way and did not hear a siren during our stay. We walked on Yonge Street at midnight with absolutely no fear.
One of the reasons that Toronto is such a clean city, I believe, is the pride that each ethnic group took in its neighborhood. The neighborhoods had their own schools, stores, newspaper, movies, etc. and they thrived.
I don’t know if these neighborhoods still exist as enclaves, but the city is still clean as my children have attested in their trips to Toronto. I would hope that PC has not forcibly integrated the people into blended communities, without pride in anything.
In 2010 Toronto had only about 46 homicides. That number was the lowest since 1986.
“One of the cleanest cities I ever saw is Toronto, Canada.”
If you liked Toronto you’d love Ottowa; haven’t been there in years, but it was much less “American city”-looking.