My brother goes to Seoul often for business, and I recall him saying it's one of the most remarkable cities he's ever been to (and he travels a LOT).
Of course, geography counts for a lot of Seoul's efficiency--when you don't have the luxury of sprawl, you damn well learn how to use every square inch of space that you've got--but I'd say the vast majority of the US's problems can be summed up thusly: if you pay taxes, you can have nice things. If you don't pay taxes, you can't have nice things. As you're no doubt aware, the US is having ten million shit-fits over tax issues. Thus, bad roads, no health care, inadequate public transit, etc. It's far more about being responsible for yourself. Wanna get someplace? Buy a car, asshole!
Re: Medication: Ontario is strict about meds, and getting much stricter. If I want a prescription for even Tylenol II's, I gotta show ID to the pharmacist. Oxycontin is banned, and Oxy-anything-else and Hyrdocodone-what-have-you is very hard to get your hands on. That includes the stuff that the States takes for granted, like Vicodin and Percocet. Last time I saw anything like Percs, it was when BD had his kidney stone.
Reasons why? I assume it's because the Government is very involved in health care up here (and I suppose S. Korea as well) and they don't want to spend taxpayer money cleaning up addicts. Of course, this is both good and bad. Like, I just had a root canal, don't tell me to take Advil and suck it up, asshole.
Yeah, there's a lot more social responsibility here. A lot of it is cultural, and people aren't so caught up in their own individual rights. I should ask what the taxes are like here, actually. I remember talking to JJ about taxes in Canada and being initially shocked they were so high, but then remembering EVERYTHING THEY PAY FOR lffffsdf
Re: Re: meds, that's a good guess. Government is tied up in the healthcare here, yeah AND OF COURSE IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE GET IN THE STATES
Of course, geography counts for a lot of Seoul's efficiency--when you don't have the luxury of sprawl, you damn well learn how to use every square inch of space that you've got--but I'd say the vast majority of the US's problems can be summed up thusly: if you pay taxes, you can have nice things. If you don't pay taxes, you can't have nice things. As you're no doubt aware, the US is having ten million shit-fits over tax issues. Thus, bad roads, no health care, inadequate public transit, etc. It's far more about being responsible for yourself. Wanna get someplace? Buy a car, asshole!
Re: Medication: Ontario is strict about meds, and getting much stricter. If I want a prescription for even Tylenol II's, I gotta show ID to the pharmacist. Oxycontin is banned, and Oxy-anything-else and Hyrdocodone-what-have-you is very hard to get your hands on. That includes the stuff that the States takes for granted, like Vicodin and Percocet. Last time I saw anything like Percs, it was when BD had his kidney stone.
Reasons why? I assume it's because the Government is very involved in health care up here (and I suppose S. Korea as well) and they don't want to spend taxpayer money cleaning up addicts. Of course, this is both good and bad. Like, I just had a root canal, don't tell me to take Advil and suck it up, asshole.
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Re: Re: meds, that's a good guess. Government is tied up in the healthcare here, yeah AND OF COURSE IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE GET IN THE STATES
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