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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
I will bet the train was there first. The vendors set up there because it was a open spot. Since they don't a government check for rent, food stamps, and welfare payments just to sit home and watch TV they have to earn money however they can, without resorting to drug dealing or robbery.
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That's partly true. They do work hard and most working age people have a second jobs.
But having spent time in South east Asia I can tell you they have huge social issues even though they don't get hand outs.
Drugs, Violence, Poverty... Child Prostitution just to name a few. Basically the same issue as us but at a much more extreme level.
In Thailand drug dealers get "Death by machine gun" and yet you can get any drug you want on just about any street corner in Bangkok. = Nil Effect
What if their Government moved the market to the lawn of some disused Government owned Palace? (The King Of Thailand has a few
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