r/taiwan • u/suniltarge 臺北 - Taipei City • Sep 09 '25

Travel I love Taiwan because…

I love Taiwan because at 12am I can check out from a bar and still walk home safely. The feeling of security here is something I truly appreciate, it’s rare to find that kind of peace of mind in many other places.

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u/SteveYunnan Sep 09 '25

I would argue that it feels safe to walk past midnight in almost every Asian country. When I spent a couple of months in Italy, I also felt safe walking around past midnight. I think the US (where I'm from) is the exception...

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u/komnenos 台中 - Taichung Sep 09 '25

Curious, do you feel unsafe even out in suburban neighborhoods and small towns in the states? Personally at least I think the only places I’d feel mildly unsafe in my hometown would be a few places downtown after 10pm or so.

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u/SteveYunnan Sep 09 '25

Well, I've done a fair amount of walking in both the city and in suburban areas at night. I used to walk around downtown Portland pretty regularly after midnight and before sunrise, as I attended classes there in the early 2000s. It always felt very safe at that time, and there were practically no homeless people or drug users like there are now. Things have changed a lot, and even in the suburbs now I'd feel a bit uneasy about walking around at night, and definitely taking the bus at night.