So I am heartened to hear that you enjoyed it, but I don't think the experiences of the many others who felt uncomfortable there can just be dismissed.
The poverty and the dirtiness of the place needs to improve - for the Tunisians, foremost, and then tourists. And I very much hope it does.
I think I was very clear that I wasn't dismissing anything - but people have different perspectives and different opinions, and a few random posts on MN is hardly representative of the many thousands who go to Tunisia and enjoy it, so I made it clear that I was presenting a different view based on my experience. And my third time in Tunisia, although my friends first time.
I cannot disagree about the poverty etc. I have similar hopes for the UK. And many other places. You cannot expect everywhere in the world to reflect standards in the UK, and comparisons are meaningless - although in my many discussions with Tunisians from many walks of life, they were shocked to hear about food banks, because for the poverty that does exist, they found it hard to comprehend that people would actually be without food, or that any society would permit that to be the case. Perspectives, you see....