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> it's not safe and cozy What's unsafe about it?
by kwhitefoot 3y ago
> it's not safe and cozy
What's unsafe about it?
- lillecarl 3y agoEnding up at "random" train stations at weird times with all your experience belongings
- pixxel 3y agoHe sounds like a confident young man; not one who quivers at the thought of travelling.
- temporarara 3y agoBeing a confident young man can be pretty disastrous if you end up in wrong place wrong time. "The world is my oyster" levels of confidence can get you in trouble really fast. Not that it is the most likely scenario in Germany, but it is not a place where you can completely drop your guards everywhere all the time. Though I guess he is aware of the risks and acts accordingly.
- moooo99 3y agoGiven that he mostly seems to travel by high speed train (ICE) every station he could possible end up unintentionally would be a relatively major one
- seabass-labrax 3y agoUnless there was severe disruption, of course - since the lines have been so well standardised in Germany, ICE trains can travel on local lines too, so you could theoretically end up in the middle of nowhere if the train service was redirected mid-journey.
- RamblingCTO 3y agoThat's not guaranteed in Germany. Even places like Marburg have (had?) ICE connections passing through.
- curtisblaine 3y agoHe sleeps in public train coaches (sometimes under the seats, if you look at his blog). This means he spends at least 6 hours a day unconscious - and vulnerable - in a public place that anyone can enter. Arguably less safe than sleeping at home behind a locked door.
- halper 3y agoVery arguably. Presuming the train has cameras, staff and other people on it, it could be argued it's safer than sleeping in a house.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoit could be argued but then again you could argue that I'm actually the King of England. there is no question a private space would be better, and cameras or bystanders won't do jack for you until after the attack has started.
- curtisblaine 3y agoOr staff. Even if they are super efficient they 1) will never be there when the attack starts 2) will most probably not risk their own safety if the attack is violent 3) will call the police at the next station, since it doesn't make sense stopping the train in the middle of nothing. The best way of being safe is to avoid attacks in the first place. Being in a locked, enclose space (where you and you only control the lock) is much safer than being in a public space that anybody can occupy.
- flohofwoe 3y agoArmed train robberies are not all that common in Germany though.
- pdpi 3y agoIn his position, train robberies aren't the first problem that comes to mind. Just somebody stealing my backpack with all my earthly possessions.