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To be fair I've been to the US a few times and I've never been shot and I did end up in hospital and it was smooth as butter. Because I didn't hang around where
by cjk2 2y ago
To be fair I've been to the US a few times and I've never been shot and I did end up in hospital and it was smooth as butter. Because I didn't hang around where I was likely to get shot and actually checked my insurance cover and had the cert on me.
Note I live in London and everyone tells me I'm going to get stabbed too and die from the pollution...
- lambdaone 2y agoLondon's homicide rate is (roughly, depending on which source you use and year you take) about one-fifth of the average US homicide rate; you are safer in London than in almost anywhere in the US.
- cjk2 2y ago13 per million per year in London. 60 per million per year in New York. That's an 0.006% chance of getting murdered killed in NY every year. And that doesn't account for (a) putting yourself in a good position to get killed like being a gang member and (b) the aggregate reduction in risk by only travelling there.