Dumbest thing a foreigner has said about Taiwan?

[Charlie_Phillips]

@ThaiJuan

@MikeN1

@The_Ghost

One of the dumbest things are those typhoon bars (I assume they’re as protection for typhoons) over apartment windows that just turn your apartment into a fire trap.

They’re not for typhoon protection; they’re to protect against burglaries and other home invasions, just like the metal drop-down gates are.

When "The Walking Dead " first came out, one site posted a question of “how safe is your house from zombie attack?” Most of Taiwan’s houses rate pretty well.

I, too, always assumed it was to protect from typhoon debris. Are we really pretending that people who are willing and able to scale the walls of a several-story building to enter through the windows would somehow not be able to bend or cut through some flimsy lightweight metal mesh? That seems roughly on par with believing red paper signs keep out evil spirits.

This is what I mean by “Taiwan is so safe; the people are so friendly” is the dumbest thing a foreigner has said.

Here you have two foreigners saying that burglar bars are actually for “typhoon protection,” because Taiwan couldn’t have any burglars, let alone spiderman type burglars.

Because Taiwan is so safe, and the people are so friendly.

Butt ugly caged windows

I took a bus ride into Taipei city the other day and was struck once again with how butt ugly the architecture is. And then it hit me - it’s those metal cages around the windows. Nearly every building has them! They look awful and contributue to the overall ‘shithole-look’ of the city. I’ve visited others cities around the world and I have never seen this before. Some cities have attractive grills on the windows, but cover only half of the window (e.g. New Orleans or Paris). Here though, thes…