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Skype has something similar back in 2005. You could ring random person and have a chat. I dont understand obsession about Sweden. It is expensive country in de

by jkot 11y ago

Skype has something similar back in 2005. You could ring random person and have a chat. I dont understand obsession about Sweden. It is expensive country in decline with high crime. There are better places in Europe.

ntlve 11y ago
Any sources on that?
- jkot 11y ago
  No, I tried to find some screenshots, but its 11 years ago. Current skype does not have this feature.
  - TorKlingberg 11y ago
    It's not the part about Skype that needs sources...
- JensRantil 11y ago
  See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11474253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11474253.
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tma-1 11y ago
Lived there in 2012 for 6 months. What an amazing country, probably the best place in Europe to have a family. Stockholm is one of the most beautiful and safest capitals in the world.
stenl 11y ago
We're in 64th place for crime, just behind UK and Australia and way behind the US (obviously). But Japan is absolutely great if you're looking for low crime rates, and the food is fantastic too. http://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp http://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp
- jkot 11y ago
  Compare Sweden and Denmark. All countries around Sweden have lower crime rate.
- fludlight 11y ago
  That index claims that there is less crime in Colombia and Russia than in the US. Also that there is less crime in Azerbaijan than in New Zealand.
  - stenl 11y ago
    Yes, sorry that was a terrible reference; I should have been more careful. But take instead the murder rate from Wikipedia (which gets stats from the UN): Sweden is in place 205 out of 218 countries and no other nordic country is lower except Iceland (and the rate in Iceland is not accurately measurable since they had only a single murder). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... This despite the fact we're in the top ten for gun ownership: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_c...
jamesblonde 11y ago
In decline? Sweden had the highest growth rate in Europe in the last quarter of last higher. Highest population growth rate in the EU. How do you define decline? Or crime for that matter :) Sweden does not have high crime. I'm Irish, living in Sweden. I know high crime.
JensRantil 11y ago
I'm sorry, but this is a ridiculous statement. I live in Stockholm. I'm a Swede and grew up here; No, crime is not generally a large problem in Sweden. In reality crime is not a big issue anywhere in Scandinavia. You can find some statistics here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... and here: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Crime_statistics http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...

by jkot 11y ago

ntlve 11y ago

Any sources on that?

jkot 11y ago
No, I tried to find some screenshots, but its 11 years ago. Current skype does not have this feature.
- TorKlingberg 11y ago
  It's not the part about Skype that needs sources...
JensRantil 11y ago
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11474253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11474253.

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tma-1 11y ago

Lived there in 2012 for 6 months. What an amazing country, probably the best place in Europe to have a family. Stockholm is one of the most beautiful and safest capitals in the world.

stenl 11y ago

We're in 64th place for crime, just behind UK and Australia and way behind the US (obviously). But Japan is absolutely great if you're looking for low crime rates, and the food is fantastic too. http://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp http://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp

jkot 11y ago
Compare Sweden and Denmark. All countries around Sweden have lower crime rate.
fludlight 11y ago
That index claims that there is less crime in Colombia and Russia than in the US. Also that there is less crime in Azerbaijan than in New Zealand.
- stenl 11y ago
  Yes, sorry that was a terrible reference; I should have been more careful. But take instead the murder rate from Wikipedia (which gets stats from the UN): Sweden is in place 205 out of 218 countries and no other nordic country is lower except Iceland (and the rate in Iceland is not accurately measurable since they had only a single murder). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... This despite the fact we're in the top ten for gun ownership: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_c...

jamesblonde 11y ago

In decline? Sweden had the highest growth rate in Europe in the last quarter of last higher. Highest population growth rate in the EU. How do you define decline? Or crime for that matter :) Sweden does not have high crime. I'm Irish, living in Sweden. I know high crime.

JensRantil 11y ago

I'm sorry, but this is a ridiculous statement. I live in Stockholm. I'm a Swede and grew up here; No, crime is not generally a large problem in Sweden. In reality crime is not a big issue anywhere in Scandinavia. You can find some statistics here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... and here: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Crime_statistics http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...