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Re:Overtourism in Japan, and how it hurts small businesses by toephu2 on Friday July 11, 2025 @05:27PM (#44536934)
Yup, this happens to any melting pot city (Paris, New York, LA, San Francisco, etc). The downside of multiculturalism is these places become low-trust societies.

Do you dare leave your bike outside unlocked in these cities?

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Re:Overtourism in Japan, and how it hurts small businesses by decimalenough on Friday July 11, 2025 @05:49PM (#44537107)
Bicycle theft is endemic in Japan as well.

Of course, being Japan, they also have a compulsory bike registration scheme and police can and do (not-so-)randomly stop people on the street to check that they're not riding stolen bikes.

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