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I live in Zürich. The joke here is that if you left a pile of money on the pavement in the city centre, it would stay there for a week and then you'd be fined f
by david-given 10y ago
I live in Zürich. The joke here is that if you left a pile of money on the pavement in the city centre, it would stay there for a week and then you'd be fined for littering.
People here are basically honest. There aren't any turnstiles on the transit system --- they just assume you'll have bought a ticket. Children roam the streets on their own and think nothing of talking to random adults.
Of course, they back up this trust with enforcement; there are occasional spot checks on the transit system with big fines; and if you don't pay a driving ticket the police will come to your house and remove your license plates...
- erelde 10y agoIn Paris, I used to leave my bag on the street in front of my high school whole days. It was just leaning on the front door, for hours. That was before. Now I guess someone would call a bomb disposal team and cut the traffic 3 blocks around it. (and I would have been very sad, because to this day I still love that bag, leather, light, durable, practical, it still fits a modern 13" laptop perfectly) Anyhow, this thread is all anecdotes.
- kalleboo 10y ago> Anyhow, this thread is all anecdotes. That's true. And crime statistics aren't much more useful because willingness to report and how well the police handle filing differ a lot between cultures.
- joosters 10y agoMost places also have data from crime surveys, so it's possible to make decent predictions about how much crime is reported or not. The crime statistics themselves are very useful, there's no need to chuck them about because some level of crime goes unreported. Statisticians have long ago realised that we can measure this too.