Do locals just not care about air pollution or...?

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@Safari

The lack exterior maintenance, cleaning and rusty cages of the buildings are a real letdown in Taipei. Visitors initial first look first thoughts are not going to be the best.
The streets are clean, MRT is immaculate, restaurants, cafés even though cheaply furnished and poorly decorated are regularly cleaned. I’ve also never had bad stomach problems eating here.

@Andrew0409

No stomach issues in Taiwan. The only time I got real food poisoning was in Paris. Paris was dirty. Europe is kind of dirty in the cities.

NYC can be dirty as well, but largely depends on where you are. I think in many ways, Taiwan is cleaner than NYC.

@justinram11

Overall I agree that restaurants here are a little more lax on their cleanliness (doing dishes with plain cold water in the gutter anyone?) but overall the streets / public transportation are fairly clean.

@The_Seeker

For the most part Taiwan is clean

@Brianjones

Streets are pretty clean except for cig butts and toothpicks,

Even @Brianjones admits streets are clean.