I've heard this one too, but why does that happen? Surely the last place you'd want to do a terrorist attack is somewhere that just experienced one recently? Not only will everyone be on high alert so you're less likely to succeed, but your impact will be diminished since your attack is now getting mixed in with the previous one.

I guess it might be more of a psychological thing of not wanting to go there because it feels weird to vacation at the place of a tragedy, but from a safety perspective, it seems like the best choice.

If a terrorist attack happened there, it's actually more likely that it would happen again. It's not a random act, like lightning.

Lightning doesn't actually seem all that random either. I mean on a small scale, yes, but it seems like general areas are more prone to lightning than others.

Sounds like Garp: “The chances of another plane hitting this house are astronomical. It’s been pre-disastered.”

https://youtu.be/AyecklLMuI4

I’ve been considering a vacation in Sri Lanka for the same reason (plus the history!).

I’m like “is the smart or crazy?” And the US embassy is advising people to avoid travel because of terrorism.

And I’m still not sure if it’s smart or crazy, but my wife says “no fucking way” and she’s smarter than I am so she’s probably right.

Sri Lanka has had terrorist attacks - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings but since it was conducted by ISIS inspired/supported terrorists. It was a one off event though.

US travel advisory lists terrorism as one of the risk factors for Sri Lanka https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/... but it does the same for Germany https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/... In fact Sri Lanka is at Level 3 (Reconsider Travel) and Germany is at Level 4 - Do not travel! The level difference is due to Covid though

Note that some of the food served in Germany counts as an act of terrorism, though.

Same with England.

The true “off-season”.