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>perception of foreign countries as dangerous Foreign countries are dangerous, compared to Japan. You can see it in all the national crime rates. Only a few
by midoridensha 4y ago
>perception of foreign countries as dangerous
Foreign countries are dangerous, compared to Japan. You can see it in all the national crime rates. Only a few places are as safe, such as Singapore, and some rich micronations in Europe.
- Haga 4y ago
- ghaff 4y agoMultiples of a very low number is still a pretty low number. That said, having returned fairly recently from an event in an unfamiliar US city with a reputation for being relatively dangerous (Detroit), I'll say that I didn't feel very comfortable in spite of it probably being mostly safe enough objectively. So it's understandable that an obvious tourist who doesn't speak the language at all in a US or European city might feel at risk.
- midoridensha 4y agoWith America, it entirely depends on where you go. Some parts of a single city might be dangerous, and other parts nearby much less so. Detroit has a bad reputation, but isn't unsafe everyhwere. That said, every place in the US is generally less safe than many other countries just because of the usage of cars, and their typical high speeds compared to other places. Over 30k people die in the US every year in car crashes. Usually, people think of crime when the word "unsafe" is used, but they forget all the danger with cars.
- DoItToMe81 4y agoSwitzerland and Denmark are not micronations but are comparatively safe or safer.
- midoridensha 4y agoThey're not micronations but they're tiny compared to Japan. The two of them combined have less than half the population of Tokyo.