Because when someone goes British and Russians "same culture, same history, same values"...

And ends it with America is "high trust" like as if they never heard of Japan...

And I still can't leave a darn Chromebook in the library for a 5min toilet break without losing it because the trust is so high.

Japan is an exception I'll give you that.

I live in a suburban town I can leave my stuff at a table and go to the restroom with no worries.

what do you think the difference between my town and yours is?

Let me guess: "Strong, white, pure, European, Western culture?" This kind of content doesn't seem to meet the bar here at HN. There are plenty other Internet forums that welcome this kind of cultural supremacy talk.

> suburban town

The difference is that one is a town and the other isn't. A town has barely any people. Just because you can leave your stuff at home does not make the country a high-trust country. Among countries US is a low-trust country.

> Japan is an exception

Japan is not the exception. It isn't even the leader, just a well-known and famous country. I encourage you to travel a bit and escape the echo chamber of Douglas Murray books and other western culture supremacists. Stop reading and start seeing. You will be shocked to find at least 100 high-trust cultures and will understand why your standards were that low.