> I wonder what particular cultural elements make vending machines seem so successful in Japan, but not as much in the US Mostly a lack of, for a better term,

> I wonder what particular cultural elements make vending machines seem so successful in Japan, but not as much in the US Mostly a lack of, for a better term, conformity. There is very little crime in Japan and people trust each other way more. In the US, those vending machines would get vandalized and probably stripped of their metal in under a week. Even if there was a market demand for them, the cost to service those machines would be astronomical.