[Synaesthesia]

>3. Be prepared for squeegee men at traffic lights who clean your windscreen for coins even if you say no. 4. Most city parking spots are controlled by guys who "take care" of your car while you're away

This so much in South Africa.

[reaperducer]

And New York. And Chicago. And Houston (the squeegee guys). At least in the 90's and early 2000's.

Thanks to Lyft and Uber, I rarely drive when I'm in cities anymore, so I don't know if it's still a thing in the U.S.

[pthomas551]

It's not - one of the first things Giuliani did in NYC was get rid of the squeegee men, and other cities followed suit.