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Singapore generally has very clean streets, but the price is very high fines. I like the idea of a $1000 fine or community service spent cleaning up trash.
by DantesKite 5y ago
Singapore generally has very clean streets, but the price is very high fines.
I like the idea of a $1000 fine or community service spent cleaning up trash.
- blunte 5y agoI'm not convinced that a fine is going to change someone's behavior. It may put them in a regretful financial bind, but it's really a short-term pain. Spending a week cleaning trash is definitely something they will remember! (and for sure they will complain to friends and family who will then maybe be less likely to litter themselves)
- bugzz 5y agoI feel like a $1000 fee would be something most people would remember and complain about to friends and family...
- refurb 5y agoSingapore has plenty of people littering. They also have a massive army that is constantly cleaning. Yes, if caught (unlikely) you will be severely punished. But that’s not the reason Singapore is so clean.
- rufus_foreman 5y agoSo when the person you tell to do community service says, "No", then what? SF has no willingness to actually punish crime. The cops won't show up to stop shoplifting, bike theft, or any number of other crimes, and now you think there's going to be a trash patrol that is going to actually do something?