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Really? Cape town has a homicide rate of: 63.00 per 100,000 Compared to Chicago: 29.60 And similar crime and violent crime rates.
by roflyear 2y ago
Really? Cape town has a homicide rate of: 63.00 per 100,000
Compared to Chicago: 29.60
And similar crime and violent crime rates.
- trompetenaccoun 2y agoTo be fair, Cape Town has better climate and is extremely beautiful. Tourists generally like it, I can see why someone would have a nice impression without knowing much about what's behind the facade. It could be paradise if not for the politics and general state of things in SA. But yeah, comments like the above are bizarre. Moving to SA is relatively easy, I lived there myself. If it's so great as some foreigners online seem to think, why don't they give it a try? Why do educated people and skilled workers generally move in the opposite direction and leave? Of course, there's stuff like this: https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/american-tourist-robbed-and-shot-in-the-face-in-cape-town-20231106 https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/american-tour... https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/witnesses-testify-in-camera-as-gangsters-on-trial-for-robbing-missing-german-tourist-21005562-9b05-43e5-8cbc-4c9a52f6f50d https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/witnesses-testify-in-ca... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/doctor-murdered-cape-town-strikes-b2390302.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/doctor-murde... https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/american-tourist-stabbed-in-green-point-in-deadly-tiff-c60a9c6f-58b6-446c-9e08-459bf0b3dcdc https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/american-tourist-stabbe...
- roflyear 2y agoYeah, most of the problem: we shape our opinions on how we feel and our environment. My family for example is certain that crime is going up (or is at an all time high) because Home Depot is locking up more and more of its merchandise.