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From the perspective of crime, as much as I love visiting Europe I was disappointed at the amount of petty crime that goes ignored there. Such crime is virtual

From the perspective of crime, as much as I love visiting Europe I was disappointed at the amount of petty crime that goes ignored there. Such crime is virtually nonexistent in most of the Asian countries listed above.

xyzzyz 3y ago
If you think petty crime is bad in Europe, don’t even think about visiting Americas. US cities are so much worse than almost of Europe it’s pretty shocking.
- philwelch 3y ago
  But then again, we're already starting from the assumption that the US isn't a civilized country.
- decafninja 3y ago
  I disagree. The US has an entirely different level of crime issues (see guns), but I feel safer about petty crime (pickpocketing, scammers, etc) walking about a typical American city downtown than most European capitals. Case in point: I have designer brand backpack I frequently carry during traveling. I carry it without a second thought through the US and Asia. I don’t bring it with me to Europe because it’s likely to be a pickpocket magnet.
  - xyzzyz 3y ago
    Take a walk on Mission Avenue in San Francisco then and see for yourself (actually, don’t do that). Crime is extremely rampant in US cities, and I’m not even talking about shootings here. Assaults (verbal and physical) by mentally ill (or drugged out of their minds) hobos are extremely common. Car break-ins, constant shoplifting, carjackings, etc. For more petty stuff, public drug use and homeless camping on the streets are very common (these are crimes in Europe, and are very actively prosecuted there, unlike in US). I have been a victim or personally observed every single thing I mentioned above (except carjacking) in US multiple times, but have not observed or experienced this in Europe (despite living there longer), and have only once been verbally assaulted there by drunkards on a night bus. Most of US is very safe, but portions of large US cities are literal hellholes.

xyzzyz 3y ago

If you think petty crime is bad in Europe, don’t even think about visiting Americas. US cities are so much worse than almost of Europe it’s pretty shocking.

philwelch 3y ago
But then again, we're already starting from the assumption that the US isn't a civilized country.
decafninja 3y ago
I disagree. The US has an entirely different level of crime issues (see guns), but I feel safer about petty crime (pickpocketing, scammers, etc) walking about a typical American city downtown than most European capitals. Case in point: I have designer brand backpack I frequently carry during traveling. I carry it without a second thought through the US and Asia. I don’t bring it with me to Europe because it’s likely to be a pickpocket magnet.
- xyzzyz 3y ago
  Take a walk on Mission Avenue in San Francisco then and see for yourself (actually, don’t do that). Crime is extremely rampant in US cities, and I’m not even talking about shootings here. Assaults (verbal and physical) by mentally ill (or drugged out of their minds) hobos are extremely common. Car break-ins, constant shoplifting, carjackings, etc. For more petty stuff, public drug use and homeless camping on the streets are very common (these are crimes in Europe, and are very actively prosecuted there, unlike in US). I have been a victim or personally observed every single thing I mentioned above (except carjacking) in US multiple times, but have not observed or experienced this in Europe (despite living there longer), and have only once been verbally assaulted there by drunkards on a night bus. Most of US is very safe, but portions of large US cities are literal hellholes.