tney have food everywhere outside, i’m not surprised
i like taipei but it was offputting to see vegetables delivered to restaurants in open mesh bags just laid out on the sidewalk, in all the dirt and whatever
really put me off eating honestly, even in thailand you only see that in wet markets, not just on the street everywhere like that
yeah people from west really underestimate the level of ocd it takes to avoid them. i’m from a cold climate and you can leave the trash out, do dishes later that day or even tomorrow, store food in cupboards etc and you won’t get roaches, you won’t even really get ants.
in thailand no way, you can’t leave like one tiny ass crumb left on the floor or ants will come and after that roaches, everything goes in the fridge, trash gets taken out right away, dishes done after every meal, you have to be super ocd about it to avoid them