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Hour 12 of a 15-hour trip emigrating to the UK from the U.S. with a teenager. (OC) (lemmy.world)

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Also, the first class tickets for the train were totally worth it.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

[Edit] Most countries have pretty bad surveillance. America is unique in projecting bad things on other countries without having any self reflection.

https://aithority.com/news/top-10-countries-and-cities-by-number-of-cctv-cameras/

https://archive.is/2wN7a (Archived copy)

The UK isn't great, but its not really an outlier compared to anywhere else.

China has at least 200 million cameras installed in the country. ... other countries such as the United States and Germany have 50 million and 5.2 million CCTV Cameras each. The list goes on with other countries with more than 1 million cameras. The United Kingdom has 5 million CCTV cameras installed

In fact

The United States has 15.28 CCTV cameras every 100 individuals, followed by China with 14.36 and the United Kingdom with 7.5.