To be fair, he was bron in Taiwan, just 20 or so years after the ROC retreated from mainland China.
He then lived in the city of Tainan and later in Thailand.
Then, also consider what he may have ment by “when car came along”, I would read it less litteral and more like “when mass car ownership came along”.
One or two cars in the area per day won’t prevent anyone from playing in the streets, but when that increases to hundreds per day, that changes things.
stoy@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
To be fair, he was bron in Taiwan, just 20 or so years after the ROC retreated from mainland China.
He then lived in the city of Tainan and later in Thailand.
Then, also consider what he may have ment by “when car came along”, I would read it less litteral and more like “when mass car ownership came along”.
One or two cars in the area per day won’t prevent anyone from playing in the streets, but when that increases to hundreds per day, that changes things.