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Not just that, I think.
What's true of Japan is also true of parts of Western Europe.
>If someone is peeing on the street, they think oh how this makes my country look. In SF someone peeing in the street thinks aaah so much relief.
In France, public urination is viewed as an unofficial human right[0], but I don't think you'd have SF's problems in Paris.
It's just more "civilized" societies (with better education, law enforcement, social safety nets, regional investment, etc.).
The U.S. is a step towards Pandora from Borderlands (in scale, material social investment, and cultural ethos).
0: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/11/646567224/paris-tries-to-cont...
https://text.npr.org/646567224
Not just that, I think.
What's true of Japan is also true of parts of Western Europe.
>If someone is peeing on the street, they think oh how this makes my country look. In SF someone peeing in the street thinks aaah so much relief.
In France, public urination is viewed as an unofficial human right[0], but I don't think you'd have SF's problems in Paris.
It's just more "civilized" societies (with better education, law enforcement, social safety nets, regional investment, etc.).
The U.S. is a step towards Pandora from Borderlands (in scale, material social investment, and cultural ethos).
0: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/11/646567224/paris-tries-to-cont...