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Muggers consistently choose targets based on how they walk. This is shown to be the case even if other physical information is hidden during the research: http
by burfog 8y ago
Muggers consistently choose targets based on how they walk. This is shown to be the case even if other physical information is hidden during the research:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131104-how-muggers-size-up-your-walk http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131104-how-muggers-size-up...
To avoid attack, move with "synchrony and energy", with purpose. The city people are doing exactly this.
- jasonkester 8y agoI just realized that I walk this way whenever I'm traveling in an unfamiliar place and find that I've chosen a route through a sketchy part of town. I'll walk straight through at a brisk pace with a little bit of a scowl on my face as though I'm annoyed to have to be crossing this same area of town again and none of these f'ng people had better get in my f'ng way. Now I know why I do that.
- api 8y agoI was told more or less this many years ago by a friend who grew up in rough neighborhoods. Paraphrasing: "When you walk around in the ghetto just walk like you're packing heat in your jacket." Nobody messed with me. I guess it's science.