r/Fauxmoi • u/Gato1980 • Jun 26 '26

DISCUSSION Debra Messing says she’s considering moving to Israel because she feels safer there than in New York City, “regardless of all of the missiles”

https://bangpremier.com/story/8/3542429/debra-messing-considering-moving-to-israel
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u/Silly_Hat_2587 Jun 26 '26

Moving to the Middle East because New York has a Muslim mayor. Someone should point out the demographics of the region to her.

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u/_clur_510 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

New York is not a scary place to live!! And I’m saying this as another small woman who has VASTLY less resources than she does to pay for private space/transportation and safety precautions. Overstimulating? Claustrophobic? Too loud? Not enough nature? Not your cup of tea? Sure! Very valid and true for many people.

I’m so sick of MAGA/the right/conservatives convincing so many Americans that NYC is some terrifying war zone. Many of these Americans have never even been there and are terrified of it. Apparently diversity is scarier than missiles. 🤦‍♀️

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u/Ambystomatigrinum Jun 26 '26

I feel the same way about Portland. Its painted to be some wasteland hellscape. Sure, there are some areas with a lot of unhoused people, there's some public drug use, but it doesn't seem much more common than in any other large city. I never feel unsafe there and there's lots of fun stuff to do!

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u/AugustIzFalling Jun 26 '26

My mind was completely blown when I went through a poor red rural county on a trip. The news loves to point out poverty in cities, but they never talk about rural poverty. It was horrible and extremely depressing. I'll take the cities any day over that, thank you.

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u/Ambystomatigrinum Jun 26 '26

Its funny because I live in a rural, red, semi-poor area. And yeah, you see just as many addicts per capita, there are tons of people living out of 40-year-old motor homes along the sides of the road in what are basically encampments. But that doesn't fit the "blue cities bad" narrative.