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Las Vegas Casino, it is honestly very reminiscent of that.
There are cameras everywhere, especially inside buildings, but there's a ton outside as well.
And aside from the fact that it exists, I think the reactions from people about it, one woman that Stefan talked to noted that like, oh, it's literally called Skynet, literally.
is so good.
It keeps everybody so safe.
There's all this accountability for like traffic infractions, theft.
A lot of the person at the university we're speaking with noted the fall in a lot of major crime in China and attributes a lot of it to this enforcement mechanism.
I think that reaction of people have a confidence in the way that it benefits life here is in juxtaposition of the American view of it being so intrusive and painful.
It's funny because I actually want to push back against this.
The traffic here is insane.
Not necessarily in the quantity, but in the way that traffic flows.
I don't really feel like crosswalks are a great right of way here for pedestrians.
People just drive ahead and don't really look at you.
In Chengdu, there's been a ton of honking.
It's interesting to me because all of these things seem to be acknowledged by people we talk to.
They recognize that I wouldn't necessarily step out in front of a car with confidence on a crosswalk like you would in many parts of the US.
But apparently, it is such a substantial upgrade in difference from what it used to be, and that is because of the camera infrastructure.
So it's funny to be like, oh, it's so good here, when to me, honestly, it's one of the worst parts about being here.
But that's part of it.
That's part of it.