Least Safest First World Countries? (buying, taxi, to live in)

[kevxu]

Originally Posted by Ethereal

What is the least safest 'rich' (or first world) country for tourists and citizens alike? I know that these countries in the poll are still relatively safe, but which comes rather close to the word "dangerous"?

In all of these countries the least safe areas are specific towns or areas. There are certainly places in the U.S. where I would feel very unsafe, but that would not be true for the majority of the country. And the same for the others on the list.

[Warszawa]

Probably the US. Nowhere else in Western Europe or East Asia do you have places like St. Louis or Baltimore

[Return2FL]

Originally Posted by Warszawa

Probably the US. Nowhere else in Western Europe or East Asia do you have places like St. Louis or Baltimore

Have you ever been to either place?

[mr bolo]

the USA is a Very Dangerous place, everybody has a gun, but only the bad guys carry guns, and very few people have a permit to legally carry in areas with high crime, mostly only retired police can carry a gun.

Kids dont even go outside to play anymore, your kids cant even walk to the store to get some milk without risking an abduction , assault.

[i'm not a cookie]

Originally Posted by mr bolo

the USA is a Very Dangerous place, everybody has a gun, but only the bad guys carry guns, and very few people have a permit to legally carry in areas with high crime, mostly only retired police can carry a gun.

Kids dont even go outside to play anymore, your kids cant even walk to the store to get some milk without risking an abduction , assault.

The USA is BEYOND dangerous...whenever I go outside I wear a bullet proof vest because I'm in CONSTANT fear of my life. I won't even let my dog go outside anymore....

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by mr bolo

the USA is a Very Dangerous place, everybody has a gun, but only the bad guys carry guns, and very few people have a permit to legally carry in areas with high crime, mostly only retired police can carry a gun.

Kids dont even go outside to play anymore, your kids cant even walk to the store to get some milk without risking an abduction , assault.

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[AFP]

Originally Posted by mr bolo

the USA is a Very Dangerous place, everybody has a gun, but only the bad guys carry guns, and very few people have a permit to legally carry in areas with high crime, mostly only retired police can carry a gun.

Kids dont even go outside to play anymore, your kids cant even walk to the store to get some milk without risking an abduction , assault.

I live in an area with nice spacious homes built on decent sized lots the crime rate is quite low even then it is rare to see children playing outside down the street on the sidewalk kids play in fenced in backyards where I live for the most part. No-one that I know lets their kids walk to the store and everyone knows in which residences convicted sexual offenders live in(and yes people are concerned about their children being abducted, molested and even killed). There is no sense of community and neighbors don't watch out for each other everyone minds their own business and goes about living their own lives.

[cmptrwlt]

Originally Posted by Return2FL

Sorry, but there is no place in the US where it is sport to prey on tourists. You can pull up isolated incidents all you want. OTH, thieves are totally rampant in highly touristic parts of France and Italy. Tourists get robbed EVERY SINGLE DAY in those places; they are targeted.

I think most are victims of pickpockets. The criminals in the US are more violent and often use guns.

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[cmptrwlt]

Originally Posted by Return2FL

Have you ever been to either place?

Why would any tourist visit those places? Just look at this chart:

[Magnatomicflux]

I've got to say, I visit Detroit often, and I don't mean the suburbs to go shopping. I go downtown. I have never once felt unsafe. Granted, downtown Detroit and Mid-town are pretty safe. Like anywhere else in the world, don't put yourself in a bad situation, and you'll probably be fine.