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Maybe this has to do with the negative side of drug culture of the USA. In Hong Kong and Taipei there is hardly any drug use, and therefore crime is reduced a l

Maybe this has to do with the negative side of drug culture of the USA. In Hong Kong and Taipei there is hardly any drug use, and therefore crime is reduced a lot as well.

0x8BADF00D 7y ago
Noticed this in Tokyo as well. I stayed in Shibuya and never felt scared walking alone at night. SF is a different beast entirely; I've never felt safe there full stop.
novok 7y ago
It's more america's history of intergenerational poverty, trauma and slavery. The drug laws incarcerating people are not helping either. It takes 7 generations for that kind of stuff to clear out I've heard.
- topmonk 7y ago
  Asia has had tons of poverty and trauma for a lot longer than the USA even existed. And if its slavery, then why are European cities the same way?
  - toohotatopic 7y ago
    >It's more america's history of intergenerational poverty, trauma and slavery. The drug laws incarcerating people are not helping either. You have overlooked the third and fourth option: intergenerational poverty and drug laws.
    - solveit 7y ago
      Southeast Asian drug laws are far more draconian than American drug laws and the only reason nobody talks about intergenerational poverty there is because single-generation poverty doesn't exist. Imperialistic powers took turns colonising the region for a century or so and then World War 2 happened. Everyone came from generations of having no wealth and no power.
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emmanuel_1234 7y ago
Hong Kong consumes very large amounts of Ketamine, MDMA and Cocaine. Admittedly, not so much meth or crack.
- topmonk 7y ago
  From what I can see online, there are only around 8000 reported drug users out of a population of 7 million or 0.1 %. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00457/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.0045... The actual number is probably higher, but doesn't compare to the USA with 24 million drug abusers out of a population of 331 million or 7.25%. https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/nationwide-trends https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/nationwide-... Where are you getting your information from that it is a problem in Hong Kong?

Maybe this has to do with the negative side of drug culture of the USA. In Hong Kong and Taipei there is hardly any drug use, and therefore crime is reduced a lot as well.

0x8BADF00D 7y ago

Noticed this in Tokyo as well. I stayed in Shibuya and never felt scared walking alone at night. SF is a different beast entirely; I've never felt safe there full stop.

novok 7y ago

It's more america's history of intergenerational poverty, trauma and slavery. The drug laws incarcerating people are not helping either. It takes 7 generations for that kind of stuff to clear out I've heard.

topmonk 7y ago
Asia has had tons of poverty and trauma for a lot longer than the USA even existed. And if its slavery, then why are European cities the same way?
- toohotatopic 7y ago
  >It's more america's history of intergenerational poverty, trauma and slavery. The drug laws incarcerating people are not helping either. You have overlooked the third and fourth option: intergenerational poverty and drug laws.
  - solveit 7y ago
    Southeast Asian drug laws are far more draconian than American drug laws and the only reason nobody talks about intergenerational poverty there is because single-generation poverty doesn't exist. Imperialistic powers took turns colonising the region for a century or so and then World War 2 happened. Everyone came from generations of having no wealth and no power.
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emmanuel_1234 7y ago

Hong Kong consumes very large amounts of Ketamine, MDMA and Cocaine. Admittedly, not so much meth or crack.

topmonk 7y ago
From what I can see online, there are only around 8000 reported drug users out of a population of 7 million or 0.1 %. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00457/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.0045... The actual number is probably higher, but doesn't compare to the USA with 24 million drug abusers out of a population of 331 million or 7.25%. https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/nationwide-trends https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/nationwide-... Where are you getting your information from that it is a problem in Hong Kong?