Not American, live in London. Not to get into a pissing contest, but I can go to Ridley Rd for a wet market and still have any amount of cultural stuff to do. SG does have the food, but it’s a company town entirely driven around (conspicuous…) consumption. Less shit Dubai.

All that said, I like spending a few days there - again, the food! - but I’d rather be in Bangkok or KL for longer, e.g.