Non-Rich Safe Countries? (crime rate, neighborhoods, living in)

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by Pavement Pounder

Thailand is relatively safe, I would say, at least in the major cities. Biggest risk is probably traffic, really.

and the countless scams in all the tourists area's, the protests in Bangkok and the South Thailand insurgency...

[tone77]

Thailand, Philippines, Ecuador, Panama, Nicaragua. From my experience, none of those countries were any more dangerous to travel in than the USA is.

[SophieLL]

Argentina

According to stats, much safer than most countries mentioned in this thread.
I live here can say its as safe as it can be.

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by tone77

Thailand, Philippines, Ecuador, Panama, Nicaragua. From my experience, none of those countries were any more dangerous to travel in than the USA is.

Countries by intentional homicide rate:
Panama (26th in the world)
Ecuador (37th)
Nicaragua (41st)
Philippines (64th)
Thailand (93th)

Not really safe numbers considering there are almost 200 countries in the world.

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by Rohan Shinde

Uruguay ,maybe Argentina and a few of the east european countries.Mind you , your Thai girlfriend sounds dumb when she implies you need to be rich to have safety.There are so many cases of homicide in USA

Unnecessarily harsh, don't you think? You could have said not that smart instead

[Dawn.Davenport]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

Countries by intentional homicide rate:
Panama (26th in the world)
Ecuador (37th)
Nicaragua (41st)
Philippines (64th)
Thailand (93th)

Not really safe numbers considering there are almost 200 countries in the world.

Davy, why did you ask this question, if you seemingly already know the answer?

[Marmel]

What about Laos or Mongolia?

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by Dawn.Davenport

Davy, why did you ask this question, if you seemingly already know the answer?

Always open for discussion.
Just want to hear the opinion of the people on this forum, Which non-1st world countries they consider safe/dangerous.

[2e1m5a]

I stayed in San Jose and it did feel quite "shady" at night but I felt safe. I stayed the rest of my time in Costa Rica up and down the Pacific coast and it was wonderful-although I did have a bag stolen from my car in the nice Tamarindo area

[MalaMan]

Nepal.

Very poor but very safe.