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It's the same scams you can encounter in any city in Europe...
by cypriend 12y ago
It's the same scams you can encounter in any city in Europe...
- GazNewt 12y agoOutside of UK I've only been to Paris, never seen this kind of thing in London/Manchester but I've read about the same thing happening in Rome and Barcelona.
- rpenm 12y agoYou might be experiencing selection bias? I suspect that petty criminals tend to target perceived outsiders over locals - they are less canny and it is easier to avoid empathizing with your victim.
- GazNewt 12y agoAlso makes sense as does similar comment. Not convinced though, I should at least see it going on even if it wasn't happening to me.
- sbuk 12y agoI've seen it and worse in both London and Manchester. I was attacked in Manchester several times for the heinous crime of being a student, which led to my changing Uni. Not a city I care to visit anytime soon.
- GazNewt 12y agoI don't blame you after that, I apologise on behalf of the decent 99% of Mancunians. Maybe it's 90% +
- mdpye 12y agoYou're never a true tourist in any of the cities in the UK, you're still in your home country, so you're highly unlikely to be a target. These crimes almost always target foreign tourists quite specifically, they're far easier (and usually also individually more profitable) marks for a multitude of reasons.