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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by drstewart on Monday April 07, 2025 @09:36AM (#43611279)
I travel even more than you and only got robbed twice in 40 years on earth: in Johannesburg, South Africa and Stockholm, Sweden.

You can claim it's rare, but it happened on 100% of my trips to Sweden. Therefore, I will never travel back to Sweden. It's just not worth it and I have no idea what could happen (stabbing? murder?). Nothing in Sweden is worth the absolute fear this country provokes.

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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by ImPostingOnHN on Monday April 07, 2025 @10:04AM (#43611662)
> I travel even more than you

How do you know? It doesn't look like OP specified how much they've traveled.

> I only got robbed twice...in Johannesburg, South Africa and Stockholm, Sweden...it happened on 100% of my trips to Sweden

That sucks, I'm sorry that happened. It sounds like it happened once, and so that "100%" is just one trip by one person? Unfortunately, that result is within the realm of randomness, though I'd understand if, to you, it felt bigger than that.

That said, I don't think it compares to arbitrary (or worse, politically- and personally-motivated) government detainment (or otherwise harming) of innocent people.

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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by piva00 on Monday April 07, 2025 @09:47AM (#43611406)
Please don't come here, it's definitely dangerous and you shouldn't ever step foot here again to avoid any danger to your life, it's a hellhole that no one like you should ever attempt to visit :)

It's not rare, it will happen to you. Do not come.

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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by DeathArrow on Monday April 07, 2025 @02:15PM (#43614319)
True, after decades of heavy immigration the crime rate in Sweden is very high. I heard now they have a more restrictive policy so things might get better in the future.
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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by piva00 on Monday April 07, 2025 @03:22PM (#43614907)
Very high needs some other benchmark. It's very high compared to Sweden 10 years ago, compared to Louisiana, or the whole USA it's pretty damn low.
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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by DeathArrow on Monday April 07, 2025 @02:12PM (#43614280)
There are lots of bad neighborhoods in many EU countries. Most are inhabited by immigrants from Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
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