To be fair, there are over 250 million registered passenger vehicles in the US[1], and it's not like all the brake dust and exhaust fumes are safely captured and thoughtfully recycled.
And the food in this railway market looks to me[2] to be entirely whole food (fresh vegetables, fish, craps, etc), so these people are probably eating better than US folk.
Not the mention that the obesity rate of in the US is about twice (33%[3]) that of Thialand (17.1%[4]).
I guess I just don't understand how US people feel they can pontificate about how "this wouldn't happen here", and yet you can't even workout basic universal healthcare and your education system a business that seems to set out to financially cripple people from the outset.
> To be frank, something like this can't happen in the US.
Yeah? In Redwood City, in the heart of Silicon Valley, freight train lines run right down the middle of residential streets with no fence, raised barrier, or anything. The trains only come through in the night, but kids live in apartment buildings on that street. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chestnut+St,+Redwood+City,...
This is not true. There are people and places in the US that have made a fuss over innocuous behavior, but in most places kids can and do still walk to school.
No. It's illegal to even walk too close to train tracks everywhere in the US, as far as I'm aware. Something like this would never, ever be allowed to get off the ground here.
That's a surprisingly widespread law, worldwide. One that's rarely enforced.
In other words, I don't think anyone asked for a permission here - it would not be allowed either, but IMHO the authorities don't care as long as there's no major problem.
Agreed. How is this even a question? "Agonizing over every danger" != knowingly exposing yourself to a known carcinogen when there are very easy ways to reduce such exposure.
You can enjoy it while it lasts or spend your minutes agonising over every danger.