The crime aspect is always an interesting talking point. I see it a lot with folks saying things like "when I visited the US i had to wear my backpack backward

The crime aspect is always an interesting talking point. I see it a lot with folks saying things like "when I visited the US i had to wear my backpack backwards to avoid thieves". (a line like that got reposed several times on HN and reddit for a while, it was almost a meme at one point). Living in the US, I never do that ... not worried about thieves. Somehow not robbed. People see some articles or movies and they just assume every negative thing is an enormous / constant threat I think.