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I cannot speak for the US, but having been in Europe and Asian countries like Japan and Korea, the simplest explanation is the difference in tolerance for petty
by enaaem 1mo ago
I cannot speak for the US, but having been in Europe and Asian countries like Japan and Korea, the simplest explanation is the difference in tolerance for petty crime, vandalism and litter. Is related to the broken window theory.
The thing is that European cities have always been kinda dirty and crime infested, and it has little to do with American culture war. I do not have an explanation for this, because you will need dig deep into history for that, but the good news is that things are overall improving. Overall crime is overall trending down. For example, the inner city of Amsterdam used to be full of junkies and now that has been almost completely cleaned up. And football Hooligans used to be a much bigger problem than they are now.
- ricardobayes 1mo agoThat's right. We seem to have "allowed" or tolerated petty crime in most Europe. When I tell my foreign friends what kind of stuff happens in my area they always extrapolate and tell me I live in "8 mile". But it's not the case, almost everywhere in Europe has property crime (pickpocketing and burglaries), bigger stuff however is very rare.
- nobodywillobsrv 1mo agoIt's funny to read HN comments where people can sort of describe the problems but can't really describe the problems
- dcrazy 1mo agoThen please, do everyone a favor and describe the problem.
- leansensei 1mo agoUnchecked immigration, lax policing.
- Gander5739 1mo agoEven when it was the bears, I knew it was them.