Not Just Mike Pence. Americans Are Wary of Being Alone with the Opposite Sex

Re:Not Just Mike Pence. Americans Are Wary of Being Alone wi... by 3131s on Monday July 03, 2017 @03:30AM (#14686523)

Both if possible. Don't look wealthy, do look like you can defend yourself, being male helps, being young helps. It's unfortunate, but there are reasons that I don't get messed with ever and yet other people set foot off the plane and are robbed mere hours later (my uncle for example, who visited me in Phnom Penh).

I don't mean to blame anyone for being robbed, but being a little clueless and careless is definitely one of the main causes too. People forget that the cost of a new iPhone is almost the same as the average yearly wage in Cambodia. It's like seeing someone walking in a big US city with 20,000$ in hand, from the thief's perspective.

Cambodia is a very nice place in general though.

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Re:Not Just Mike Pence. Americans Are Wary of Being Alone wi... by joyofdata on Monday July 03, 2017 @07:04AM (#14687363)

> People forget that the cost of a new iPhone is almost the same as the average yearly wage in Cambodia.

Good point!

From a thieves perspective it is probably not just the value of the visible goods - it's also about the arrogance such behavior exhibits - people who show off kind of deserve to get a reality check.

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