Do ALL cities and towns eventually become like downtown LA or the rough part of New York and Jersey?

An aweful lot of towns in the United States are building more and more apartments and other things, and becoming more Urban, is this bound to happen everywhere, has anyone seen how rough down town Los Angeles is for example, it’s like there is nothing natural about it, people are feelingless, no one trusts anyone else, people only care about making money, selling drugs, etc….there are tons of frightening sad looking apartments, there is nothing wholeistic or truly happy in places like this, is this how all cities do turn out, do some small towns not follow this trend ? I have no basis to compare never really having traveled to very many places besides, LA, Solvang, California, Burbank, Pasadena, Lancaster, Ca etc……

You don’t think that Burbank, Pasadena and Solvang are like downtown LA, do you? There are small sketchy areas in Burbank and Pasadena, but most areas are very nice and safe, with very nice people. While downtown LA is rather seedy, parts of it are nice, and the city is working to turn it nicer, with the new Nokia and restaurants, etc. While I’m sure many people living in bad situations may be despondent, are you sure there are no happy people? Have you worked in the community to help? Take a closer look for yourself, you can always volunteer, there are plenty of opportunities.