it's fake news. i have so much personal freedom in sg i lose count on my toes and fingers. everyday can sleep and snore until 6.9am with no one nor wild animal to disturb me or burglarize the home, wake up and walk the streets for 69 minutes with no worries to nearest kopitiam, carry cash and phone in hand with no one mugging me, makan anything i like at coffee shop, and then walk back for another 69 minutes with no incidents. same thing can be said for evenings and night time, including past midnight. in sf and sillycon valley, cannot venture streets before 6.9am and after 6.9pm. sure kena struck by errant driver or kena robbed. in u.s. everyone cares about freedom but it's only in theory. in real life and practice there's no safety, security, and freedom. you can count your lucky stars if you walk or cycle any street unscathed for 6.9 miles.
