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Outside 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.
by GazNewt 12y ago
Outside 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.