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And this is in stark contrast to my neighborhood in the USA, where parents will wait with their children for the schoolbus pickup... not even a block from their
by ansible 11y ago
And this is in stark contrast to my neighborhood in the USA, where parents will wait with their children for the schoolbus pickup... not even a block from their own house.
Now granted, we occasionally have reckless drivers speeding down the street. There isn't as much respect for pedestrians in the USA, so I guess that's a factor.
- newman314 11y agoI would advance that there isn't much respect, period. Part of the American mentality of everyone for themselves I guess. It's frustrating. You can lose something expensive in Japan like a watch and be relatively assured that no one will touch it for hours/days unless it is to safe keep whereas if the same thing were to happen in the US, it's pretty much a goner. =(
- kuschku 11y agoGermany in most places the same, lost a laptop, got a few days later a phone call (had my phone number on the laptop login screen displayed) and they asked where to bring it.
- kevinnk 11y agoI left my wallet and phone on a subway in Manhattan. Both got returned to me (including about $50 cash I had in the wallet). My girlfriend's iPhone 6 fell out of her purse in a nightclub in San Francisco. It got returned to her the next day. In college, my bike got taken during the night and returned a few days later with a sickynote saying the person who took it was drunk and didn't want to drive home. While in Japan, my friends got scammed by thugs who demanded $1000 to leave the "club" they were tricked into entering.
- mikeyb555 11y agoThat only happens in Roppongi, one suburb in all of Japan. There are hundred of places that would happen in the US.
- XzetaU8 11y agoYeah and these people aren't even Japanese, most of these African touts in Roppongi are from Nigeria. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/03/voices/kick-touts-rule-roppongi/ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/03/voices/kick...
- nostrademons 11y agoA lot of this is because of assumptions made by other people & law enforcement. A couple friends of mine had DSS called on them for letting their two daughters, ages 10 & 5, walk to a park a block away, with a cell phone, within shouting distance, while their mother was at home. The charges were eventually dropped, but it's not really a hassle that any parent wants to go through. The assumption in many parts of the U.S. is that if kids don't have a parent standing next to them, they aren't safe. In many cases, they're not safe because that's the assumption.
- geon 11y agoI agree that there seems to be a state of constant paranoia, but could you elaborate on this: > In many cases, they're not safe because that's the assumption.
- saint_fiasco 11y agoI think it means that some well-intentioned busybody will call the police on your kids to protect them, causing them distress.
- zyxley 11y agoMany people are now overprotective of their children not because of fear of crime but because of fear that the state will take those children away if they're not kept in bubble-wrap and on leashes 24/7.
- callmeed 11y agoThis is funny because 2 of my kids get off the bus exactly 1 block from our house. I believe we are the only parents who let them walk home from there.
- Tharkun 11y agoOh - my - god! Reckless drivers! Won't someone please think of the children!!!! This is the problem right there.
- lfowles 11y agoA year old report on motorists passing stopped school buses: http://www.ksde.org/Home/QuickLinks/NewsRoom/tabid/586/aid/55/Default.aspx http://www.ksde.org/Home/QuickLinks/NewsRoom/tabid/586/aid/5...
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