"...a free for all permissive space makes it hostile for most." EXACTLY! Glad to hear that libraries are starting to pick up on this too--public spaces need STANDARDS if they are to be welcoming, or even useful https://twitter.com/LewisP7641/status/1049698995512197120 …
Not nearly as badly as here in Western MA, but yes, I do run into people there who smell like booze-sweat or stale tobacco. The difference is they appear to be coming from bars and aren't usually around during the day, and those smells aren't compounded by unwashed clothes etc.
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then it's some cultural artifact. maybe due to cars and more sprawl? how you smell isn't as important when you're in a car and no one is around.
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No, I think it has to do with not allowing the chronically homeless to hang out on trains all day
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That, and the lower incidence of homelessness in Japan to begin with. I promise you, most people in their cars in USA do not smell remotely as bad as some of the people I've run into on the bus. People have no idea.
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