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What would it take and how long would it take to turn NYC into a Tokyo with respect to cleanliness via governmental decree? A counterpoint is Singapore and bir
by mc32 5y ago
What would it take and how long would it take to turn NYC into a Tokyo with respect to cleanliness via governmental decree?
A counterpoint is Singapore and birthrates. For decades, decades, the government has tried incentivizing the native population to produce more children, and no matter what they do, they still aren't having results. Sometimes the government can only do so much and the rest is up to the people themselves.
- Clewza313 5y agoThe government in Singapore very effectively incentivises cleanliness by littering fines, Corrective Work Orders for repeat offenders (put on orange vest, go pick up trash for a day), and a small army of laborers cleaning up at night. Birth incentives don't work quite as well, because a $500 voucher doesn't go very far in a country where a public housing flat can sell for $1,000,000 and the schooling system is a pressure cooker mandating extensive paid tuition.
- nopzor 5y agothe singapore government has birth incentives well beyond a $500 voucher. plus, there are decent HDB flats available for $500k.