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Because it's not East-Asia. It works in HK, Japan, Taiwan or others countries because a train station increase value of the surroundings but in France a train s
by titanix2 8y ago
Because it's not East-Asia. It works in HK, Japan, Taiwan or others countries because a train station increase value of the surroundings but in France a train station is a place you want to avoid, especially at night. In any city of a respectable size this is where you have you have a lot of beggars, thieves etc. trying to extorts you cigarettes and money. It is even worse for women that get everything of that plus sexual harassement (and it's not from native French).
- ReptileMan 8y agoI don't know. Securing a city is not that hard. East Asia is not some crime free utopia. So it boils down to lack of political will.
- adrianN 8y agoThat seems to be a problem that can be fixed with some security guards.
- icebraining 8y agoNot really. This kind of low-key theft and coercion are hard to catch in the act. You can criminalize loitering and begging itself, but that's problematic, plus rife for discriminatory abuse. Finally, even if you do catch them, the low amounts in question usually mean they'll spend a few hours at a police station, and then they'll go back.
- isostatic 8y agoI was shocked by how bad the metro stations were in Paris at night, I changed somewhere in the central zone and it was a right dive. I've never seen a London tube station, or Manchester metrolink, anywhere near as bad as Paris metro ones. No harassment, just homeless people pissing on the platforms etc. Paris is a dive though, give me Berlin, Munich, Rome, Prague, etc any day.