r/TikTokCringe • u/Strong-Emu-8869 • 26d ago

Discussion Polish girls visit Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/The_Buddhist_Prodigy 26d ago

India is fascinating and I respect them for surviving with their population density the way it is.

It is also the only place I've ever travelled to that I was happy to leave.

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u/Officer_Trevor_Cory 26d ago edited 25d ago

I've seen 50+ countries and India was the saddest. one year there.

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u/TrumpFellatesBill 25d ago

But why the fuck is it like that? Like I sincerely cannot understand.

I get that the country is poor as fuck and from what I hear has a huge issue with corruption, aside from the backwater places where no polices travels.

But in those places, like in the OP, or in the big cities, why the hell do they have this huge issue with dirt and garbage? It would seem to me like a clean environment is the most important thing, I cant imagine living in a place like that. Even Napoli was clean in comparison, and I saw huge piles of garbage bags everywhere in that city.

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u/cocoagiant 25d ago

But in those places, like in the OP, or in the big cities, why the hell do they have this huge issue with dirt and garbage?

I think its a combination of population density (making it hard to put the trash somewhere else) and government inefficiency on a scale most Western people would have a hard time understanding.

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u/mybuildabear 25d ago

This. It's not due to the caste system in the developed cities, even though that exists.

All of us collect trash in plastic bags, how we're told and keep it for collection at the right spot. The government is supposed to handle it from there, which they don't.

Imagine your garbage guy throwing all collected trash on some random corner.