I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was called

Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by watwut on Friday May 13, 2022 @03:36AM (#31364482)

Big Eastern cities have robberies too. And fights too. They are not some kind of hellholes, most are safe enough. But they are not safer then western cities.

Small Eastern cities do have criminality too, for that matter. Both organized and low level one. As I said, it is all improving in general, but claim that they are oh so safer is not true.

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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by adhesive_wombat on Friday May 13, 2022 @05:32PM (#31372738)

Eastern cities can also be safer for foreigners in general. Cities like Prague depend on being tourist hotspots. If they get a reputation for being dangerous, they'll lose a lot of rich people a lot of money. Serious crime against foreigners may be dealt with harshly enough that criminals learn to stick to the locals and limit to mild scams on the tourists. After all, the tourists bring the money that they can then steal from a local at leisure.

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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by 988747 on Saturday May 14, 2022 @09:36AM (#31377781)

>> Cities like Prague depend on being tourist hotspots.

No, they don't. Prague is the capitol of Czech republic, there is a lot of business there, and tourists are just nuisance. Same for big Polish cities like Warsaw or Cracow. Crimes against foreigners are not treated any different than crimes against locals, there's simply not much crime to begin with.

https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Pol...

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