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Is there really that much poop on Berlin public transit? Seattle has some of the highest per capital homeless in the US, and a dearth of public toilets, and ye

by dmoy 8mo ago

Is there really that much poop on Berlin public transit? Seattle has some of the highest per capital homeless in the US, and a dearth of public toilets, and yet there's not that much poop on our public transit. I am also skeptical that y'all's violent crime rate is higher than ours. Granted I haven't taken Berlin public transit in 20 yrs, so I don't know.

dmoy 8mo ago
> I am also skeptical that y'all's violent crime rate is higher than ours. Ok well I am wrong. Berlin's violent crime rate is 2-4x higher than Seattle? Huh. The homicide rate is within touching distance. That was not what I expected, ok.
- mikestew 8mo ago
  It wouldn't take much to have more violent crime in Seattle, according to my gut (yeah, I know, "show me the numbers"). Granted, it's probably gotten worse since we moved here 25 some years ago, but coming from places like my old hometown of Indianapolis, Seattle didn't have any place I wouldn't feel comfortable walking at night. Again, it's changed a lot since (there are some areas I would avoid at 2 a. m. now), but I still feel much safer in Seattle than other large cities.
  - socalgal2 8mo ago
    And yet : https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/citing-safety-concerns-amazon-allows-employees-relocate-out-downtown-seattle-office/C2LGHG7CBFDKJJAG6HM26G5CRQ/ https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/citing-safety-concerns-amaz...
  - dmoy 8mo ago
    Yea I agree it's not like Seattle is St Louis or anything. Still, I just naively assumed that major German cities would be even better. Guess not though.
jFriedensreich 8mo ago
its mostly pee and vomit, poo is indeed rare.
Hikikomori 8mo ago
Didn't see any poop in berlin, but did see it in Shibuya station, spread out by hundreds of people.
rangestransform 8mo ago
I’d put Berlin ubahn halfway between nyc and japan in terms of cleanliness and orderly behavior, the bigger problem is that there’s no ac in the summer

by dmoy 8mo ago

dmoy 8mo ago

> I am also skeptical that y'all's violent crime rate is higher than ours. Ok well I am wrong. Berlin's violent crime rate is 2-4x higher than Seattle? Huh. The homicide rate is within touching distance. That was not what I expected, ok.

mikestew 8mo ago
It wouldn't take much to have more violent crime in Seattle, according to my gut (yeah, I know, "show me the numbers"). Granted, it's probably gotten worse since we moved here 25 some years ago, but coming from places like my old hometown of Indianapolis, Seattle didn't have any place I wouldn't feel comfortable walking at night. Again, it's changed a lot since (there are some areas I would avoid at 2 a. m. now), but I still feel much safer in Seattle than other large cities.
- socalgal2 8mo ago
  And yet : https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/citing-safety-concerns-amazon-allows-employees-relocate-out-downtown-seattle-office/C2LGHG7CBFDKJJAG6HM26G5CRQ/ https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/citing-safety-concerns-amaz...
- dmoy 8mo ago
  Yea I agree it's not like Seattle is St Louis or anything. Still, I just naively assumed that major German cities would be even better. Guess not though.

jFriedensreich 8mo ago

its mostly pee and vomit, poo is indeed rare.

Hikikomori 8mo ago

Didn't see any poop in berlin, but did see it in Shibuya station, spread out by hundreds of people.

rangestransform 8mo ago

I’d put Berlin ubahn halfway between nyc and japan in terms of cleanliness and orderly behavior, the bigger problem is that there’s no ac in the summer