Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property
by matsemann on Thursday January 16, 2020 @02:52AM
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> I've lived in a Scandinavian country with similar quantities most of my life but I can't recall a single time lost property came back
But my experience is the opposite: Managed to leave my backpack on a bench in the busiest part of Oslo S when taking the train with too much skis and stuff so I forgot it in the struggle. Anyone could have just snatched it walking by, but instead someone saw it was unattended and delivered it at some lost&found so I got it back a week later.
Also in Oslo, I forgot my laptop at the table on an outside cafe. When I came back to fetch it a few hours later it was still where I left it.
So while there probably can be differences between countries, I also think it's too easy to extract too much from one's own experiences, which may not be typical.
I've lived in a Scandinavian country with similar quantities most of my life (well except low levels of immigration) but I can't recall a single time lost property came back, even at a local small town bakery. The experience is very different from my life living in Tokyo.
>Oh, and lower levels of inequality, relatively, and a more aligned politics/media system that doesn’t foment distrust.
Considering my homecountry having almost the lowest level of inequality in the world, and a highly aligned political/media system I don't think this is a factor either.