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Re:Why no looting in Japan? by po on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @10:56PM (#2330516)
OK, I shouldn't have said that because it is an overgeneralization and is overshadowing the point I was trying to make. Coming from New York, I still think people generally don't lock their bikes. They certainly don't chain them to posts with 1/2" steel chains. There is definitely still theft and crime though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Japan

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Re:Why no looting in Japan? by angus77 on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @11:24PM (#2330610)
The point that crime like theft is lower in Japan is totally valid, but I can promise you people do lock their bikes---bike theft is very common. You might not have noticed it because most bike locks come built into the bikes themselves. I don't think I've ever seen those kinds of locks in North America.

Furthermore, anyone who has a mountain bike or crossbike does chain them to posts with 1/2" steel chains. The far more common "mama-chari" type bikes are the ones with the built-in locks.

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