Top 10 most honest cities in the world

[Monseratto]

Parang may cynical na tumatawa diyan... At least there's still a sliver of hope after all.

TOP 10 MOST HONEST CITIES IN THE WORLD | .TR

Would you keep a cell phone or a wallet if you happened to find one? Or would you hand it in at the police station? And how about the others? These are the questions the Readers Digest magazine asked. A survey did not seem to be the right way to find out – mostly, people would not admit that they would actually keep the phone anyway. That is why the journalists decided to make an experiment. They chose some of the world’s cities and capitals and “lost” 30 cell phones in each of them. Then they checked the nearest police stations and waited for a call from the finder. According to the number of cell phones they managed to get back in the end, they put together a list world’s top ten honest cities. Tourism-Review.com introduces the winners.

1/ Ljubljana phones: 29/30

The capital of Slovenia was definitely a very surprising winner of the test. The inhabitants of the Central and Eastern Europe are generally not considered to be the models of honesty and uprightness. Here the Slovenians proved this prejudice to be a bit out of date! In Ljubljana, 29 out of 30 lost cell phones returned to their owner and only one changed its possessor definitely, which is simply amazing.

2/ Toronto phones: 28/30

The largest city of Canada can also be proud of its inhabitants. Only two cell phones got completely lost here, 28 were returned. This rank is nevertheless not in the slightest as surprising as the victory of Ljubljana – Canada has for many years occupied top ranks in the surveys of life quality and contentedness of population. Why would the happy satisfied Canadians steal other people’s cell phones?

3/ Seoul phones: 27/30

As for newest technologies and so-called “toys for big boys”, South Korea is one of the world’s leading countries. What we Europeans consider modern technology is “from the past” for Koreans. It is thus no wonder that only 3 people wanted to keep the cell phone they found – and it would not be much of a surprise if these three people were tourists.

4/ Stockholm phones: 26/30

The first north European city on the list, Stockholm ranked fourth. This is a bit of a disappointment actually for the countries of northern Europe are said to have one of the lowest criminality rates in the world – a story says that a guy left his wallet on the bus stop and found it on the same spot two dates later, with all the money and cards in it. On the other hand, Reykjavik or Oslo did not even manage to get into the top 10 – so congratulations, Stockholm!

5/ Mumbai phones: 24/30

The second Asian city in the ranking, Mumbai has nothing to be ashamed of. Considering the living standards and comparing them to those of e.g. the above mentioned Stockholm, it is quite surprising that this city ranked among the top 5. Obviously, the poverty does not make one less honorable.

5/ Manila phones: 24/30

Another Asian surprise! The capital and second most populated city of Philippines shares the fifth rank in this “honesty contest” with Mumbai and New York and beat such rivals as e.g. Helsinki. 24 out of 30 citizens returned the cell phone they found to its owner and thus supported the good image of their city and country.

5/ New York phones: 24/30

Fifth position is not a bad one for New York – considering the number of inhabitants and tourists, plus the absolute anonymity one has in the Big Apple, it is actually amazing that four fifths of this enormous variety of people, no matter what their nationality or religion, are honest and trustworthy.

[uls]

24 out of 30 citizens returned the cell phone they found to its owner and thus supported the good image of their city and country.

baka pangit yung mga cellphone

[tidus1203]

3210. Not worth stealing...

[emms1121]

Medyo surprising considering kung gaano kadami magnanakaw sa manila.

[jansky]

mga sinurvey nila siguro mga middle class

try nla magtanong sa mga squatters.

[oliver1013]

Marami kasing koreano dito, baka koreano yung 24 nakapulot, tapos sa Seoul naman 3 DH na pinoy naman naka tiyempo

Impossible yan, yung ayaw nga ibigay pilit na kinukuha tapos sasaksakin pa...

[renzo_d10]

either panget yung cellphone or of high class yun tinest nila .... pwede din both

pero subukan nila sa squatters area, tignan natin kung 24/30 pa rin yung results. swerte na yan sa 10/30 :hysterical:

[Monseratto]

Baka yung test area ay sa loob ng simbahan... Try doing that in Tondo.

[jave]

[Ry_Tower]

Curius tuloy ako sa phone and kung saan area ginawa?

[111prez]

i am curious as to what the test factors / conditions were, such as: kind of cell phone; area where it was left; time it was left; day it was left; weather at the time it was left; other factors

but regardless, the result is something we should be proud of

[oliver1013]

Baka tinutukan ng patalim yung mga nag conduct ng test at pinagbantaan na pag di tinaasan yung score kukuyugin sila

[marg]

Kung iPhone4 - Tondo yung test, Im sure 0/30 yan

[tidus1203]

iPhone 4 or Samsung Galaxy S II in Quiapo FTW!

[docgorio]

The biggest source of error here is the type of cellphone "dropped" or "lost"...

If it's a Nokia 5110, talagang isosoli yan!!!!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SiRbossR]

That's a surprise! Impossible naman na yan eh!

[zap.FREEDOM]

pero kung i-phone or blackberry siguro yung ginamit nilang phones baka siguro hindi ibabalik yun.

MANILA: 24/30 phones returned OVER hundred of cellphone snatched and stolen in the same place.

[first_light]

I think nagkamali yung survey for Manila. 24 yung honest na umamin na ninakaw nila at di na binalik then 6 naman yung hindi honest kasi hindi umamin na ninakaw nila. mas posible.

[Stoner]

It's finders keepers here 99.99% of the time. The test result is a fluke.

[chua_riwap]

ba't kayo ganyan? ayaw nyo maniwala.........