[Zakiazigazi]

> The guys lying in the street like that (even if not homeless) is actually culturally accepted.

It isn’t. It, however, is precisely what the blog talks about: newcomers explaining things away as “cute cultural quirks”.

[agibsonccc]

I'll give you that it's not considered "polite" but I guess I should say it's "expected"?

Let me correct myself a bit. I guess what I should have said was public places? For example cafes or mcdonalds you can find tons of people sleeping in there, another example is train stations.

Obviously yes these are very different things, hence my correction.