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I have been to all those countries you listed, except Singapore where I am planning to visit next February. “Filth” depends on one’s definition of it. A lot of harmless and odor free debris flying around does not bother me as much as stink from open sewers and rotting material in standing pools of dirty water. In US one of dirtiest places are alleys behind Cottage Grove street in south side of Chicago. Not to mention one of the most dangerous places on earth to get mugged.

Well, filth IS in the eye of the beholder.

I don't go to Chinese restaurants anymore. I used to go but I would sit in the MIDDLE of the room, not next to the walls. In the past when I sat near the walls I would occasionally see a cockroach crawl up the wall.

One of our morning breakfast hangouts was a cafe owned and run by Chinese. We went there for years. One day, however, while I was sitting at the counter, a cockroach ran up from the service area up on to the counter, right at me. Yikes. That was my last visit there.

The Chinese, as a people/culture aren't personally dirty, but cleanliness costs MONEY and the Chinese don't want to spend money on clean. Singapore was the exception. Amazing, a clean Chinese country....city, really.

The Chinese believe in TWO things: luck and money.

In the past when I sat near the walls I would occasionally see a cockroach crawl up the wall.

Hi again, cloudmountain. Good to see you on this thread.

I hate to break it to you, but I saw a MOUSE run up the wall in a French restaurant in San Francisco. A crepe place near the theatre district. Gross. Also saw a mouse in a Seattle restaurant, and another in Marina del Rey. The MdR restaurant was shiny and new. But close to water. Anyway, Singapore is clean and I had a really good visit back in the day.