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Actually I really find the European big cities pretty unsafe as far as pickpockets go, with Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid, Prague being the worst.
Because there are many idiotic tourists. They tell them not to flaunt their valuable, not bags, not pay attentoin to hutlers, etc, etc...and they leave their laptops or cell phones over the table. Japanese are the easiest target as they are like bumble bees ging to ne place to the other carrying expensive equipment, which is smewhat idiotic.
Barcelona removed a large part f the problem changing the law and sending all the 80 Bulgarian girls suspect f 90 percent of roberries outside the cities.
That is a stupid stereotype and a myth. Pickpocketing and similar is extremely rare in Europe bar a few small hotspots within certain cities, like the Colosseum area in Rome.
You're whitewashing the problem. It's quite real, not a "stupid stereotype".
Because there are many idiotic tourists. They tell them not to flaunt their valuable, not bags, not pay attentoin to hutlers, etc, etc...and they leave their laptops or cell phones over the table. Japanese are the easiest target as they are like bumble bees ging to ne place to the other carrying expensive equipment, which is smewhat idiotic.
Barcelona removed a large part f the problem changing the law and sending all the 80 Bulgarian girls suspect f 90 percent of roberries outside the cities.
Right, but if you go to USA you just don't see these problems.
I could take an Iphone 7 plus and leave it at a restaurant, walk out the door and come back and that phone will be at the front desk 99% of the time.
You say idiotic tourists, but in the US we just don't have those problems.
You're whitewashing the problem. It's quite real, not a "stupid stereotype".
I'm not whitewashing anything. My point is that there is a stereotype which claims that you'd have to be weary of pickpockets on every step you take in an European city. That is simply not true. What is true is that there are certain hotspots within certain cities where pickpocketing and petty theft is rampant.
But most larger European countries have higher rates of crime (generally speaking), such as robbery, theft, rape, etc.
In the U.S., most of the homicides are segregated to certain areas in the city which you can easily avoid by not going to those high crime areas.
Overall, I would actually feel more safer in the U.S. than in Europe, especially since I can get a conceal carry permit and defend myself if I'm attacked or robbed. Europeans are basically defenseless against armed criminals.
But most larger European countries have higher rates of crime (generally speaking), such as robbery, theft, rape, etc.
Statistics don't seem to confirm this, but indicate the opposite. The US have higher rates of robbery, theft and rape than UK, Germany, France and Italy.
For a tourist.. Most European cities will havd a higher probability of petty crime than a US city. Americans don't worry about petty theft and pick pockets like Europeans do. It's why we are typically easy targets .
However, the homicide rate is much higher in USA than Europe.
Is your average tourist going to be involved in gang activity and be killed? Most likely not...
I think your statement is based on shortcuts. If tourists shouldn't fear criminality in the US unless they are involved with gangs, European shouldn't be wary of pickpockets since they mostly "work" around touristic attractions where locals do not usually go.
While criminality differs from that happening in Europe (whatever that means), in the US it isn't the matter of gang bangers between them only.
I think your statement is based on shortcuts. If tourists shouldn't fear criminality in the US unless they are involved with gangs, European shouldn't be wary of pickpockets since they mostly "work" around touristic attractions where locals do not usually go.
While criminality differs from that happening in Europe (whatever that means), in the US it isn't the matter of gang bangers between them only.
Tourists are targets more in Europe is what I'm saying. A pick pocketer or thief isnt going to hang around a small bar where only locals go
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