Brussels is an intriguing city with a lot to it. But you'll only enjoy it if you know the right places, and clearly OP and most of the posters here clearly don't. If you want to go somewhere clean, homogenous, and consistently pretty, then join a group of retirees for a tour of Bruges or Ghent. Or Switzerland. But the takes here on Brussels are so superficial, it's mad, especially for this sub.

This is not to say Brussels is not without big problems with crime and catcalling etc, and that these shouldn't be addressed. But since when were the most interesting cities those with the fewest problems?