Taiwan versus South Korea (infrastructure in general, green areas, etc.)

[OysterOmelet]

@Liberty

Care to explain this phrase. And why South Korea is not overran with rubbish in the streets.

There is lots of garbage everywhere in Korea.

Koreans say Taiwan is clean, according to these two sources

When I was living in Korea all garbage and recycling were put out on the curb as there was no other place for it. We had the garbage bags, the plastics bags, the metals bags and the food garbage bags. The latter were the biggest problem as they were full of food and liquid waste. Easily punctured (or chewed open) the food was everywhere. So unless you lived in a huge apartment complex that had dumpsters, there was garbage outside your house most of the week. Some places had garbage cans but t…