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One thing I noticed when I was traveling in Singapore is that the businesses don't put their patio chairs away at night because unlike where I'm originally from on the West Coast, they won't get stolen if left out. I think there's thousands of these small benefits that come with a low crime society that are hard to quantify but cumulatively add up.


Does the low crime come from the strict laws, or from being tiny? My money is that most of it is the latter.

Also, I'd say that it's only low crime when it comes to small crimes. If you include financial crime then it's probably the opposite.


The population of Singapore is quite large


Probably ppp gdp per Capita of $155k.




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