A sign of a mannered people. Now let's try it in New York.
> A group of 13 research assistants (11 men and 2 women) were recruited for a trip around the world. They traveled to 355 major cities across 40 countries. In each city, they visited banks, theaters, hotels, police stations, and other public spaces and turned in a “lost wallet,” which they claimed to have found on the street, to a nearby employee.
https://gizmodo.com/researchers-lost-17-000-wallets-in-hundr...
I also wonder if this is more the result of a homogenous society. Since everyone is expected to know the rules and the cost of going against it is known. ex) ijime culture in japan
The issue with finding lost items is that people would usually leave them at the police station, if you're familiar with the NYC police department you would know they are one of the most corrupt and overbudgeted forces in the world.
For some reason theyre not returning lost items to people or actually interested in doing so.
They're really good at standing around and parking illegally though.