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I hear people talk about how they would never move to the US because of how violent it is. And yet the reality of living in the US middle class is that violence

I hear people talk about how they would never move to the US because of how violent it is. And yet the reality of living in the US middle class is that violence almost never affects you or the areas you frequent. Most shootings in the US are between criminals, and happen in high crime areas that are geographically small in comparison to the entire country. I'm guessing this is similar in Sweden. It sounds like specific areas have increasing violence, and that this looks even worse, given the country's historical low rates of violence.

ropeadopepope 9y ago
> I'm guessing this is similar in Sweden. It sounds like specific areas have increasing violence, and that this looks even worse, given the country's historical low rates of violence. No, Swedish violence has been accelerating past what even Americans would consider acceptable. Unless there's been a spat of grenade attacks in the US that the media hasn't been covering. http://www.informationliberation.com/files/grenade-attacks-sweden-575x444.jpg http://www.informationliberation.com/files/grenade-attacks-s... PS: That number is even higher for 2017 and 2018.