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Held up at gunpoint twice! America is so weird. So many friends of mine in the US have been held up.
by secfirstmd 6y ago
Held up at gunpoint twice! America is so weird. So many friends of mine in the US have been held up.
- PurpleFoxy 6y agoI’m Australian and have never even heard of someone I know being robbed in person ever, let alone with a weapon. Is this actually a common occurrence in America? How do people put up with this?
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoNo. Not at all. I don't exactly live somewhere good and I don't know anyone who's been held up. Like a lot of things on HN, it might be a SV thing that I'm simply unaware of.
- ghgdynb1 6y agoI’m not in SV (Midwest -> NYC) so I can’t verify based on my experience, but this is a really interesting theory. VC Twitter likes suggesting that SF has practically surrendered to criminality and that the city is among the world’s worst-governed. I had suspected that this might be a pretty one-sided view of things, but perhaps it’s really true and SF (& SV if we consider it to include SF) truly are that dangerous.
- bdowling 6y ago> How do people put up with this? One common strategy is to not carry anything of obvious value, don’t wear jewelry or watches or fancy clothes, don’t walk with your cell phone out. Basically don’t look like an easy target.
- cyphar 6y agoA friend of mine got stabbed a few years ago while walking home in Redfern (he survived and is okay now with no lasting injuries, but was in hospital for a while). It does happen here too.