[Tainnor]

I dislike it when people take one little cultural difference and try to use it to deduce all sorts of grand proclamations about the different cultures. Especially when it's trying to paint Japan as some sort of paradise country where everyone is considerate and "more adult" all the time. Of course there are cultural differences, but the garbage cans specifically were removed because of the Aum Shinrikyo attacks.

[lern_too_spel]

I also thought it was strange that the article didn't mention that the garbage cans were removed because of the sarin attacks, but the cultural point remains. Imagine if the government took away "muh public trash cans" across the USA.