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0 pointsyoungtaff1y ago0 comments

Yes, there are plenty of people who avoid travelling to the US

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I know that, but I didn’t think it was because of security. I don’t think of the US as particularly dangerous, but maybe my perception is wrong…

_ZeD_1y ago

I know that US is vast, and there are millions of good places where one could feel safe, but I assure you, from the outside sometimes is seems you live in a mad max alternate universe

echoangle1y ago

I’m from Europe, but I would have no problem going to a tech meeting with some google engineers in Silicon Valley.

bildung1y ago

Homicide rate is 10x the rate of EU and over 30x the rate of Japan: https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/a...

Rape rate is about 3x the rate of EU: https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/crime_stats_oecdjan...

People killed by police (population adjusted) is about 30x the rate of Germany: https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-de... https://polizeischuesse.cilip.de/?p=1&year=2023

echoangle1y ago

Sure, but those rates are also really low. That’s a bit like saying you’re scared of using your car because a plane is much safer. The chance of getting hurt while visiting a meeting in Silicon Valley is still one in a million.

JonChesterfield1y ago

It's the guns and the police.

People get angry or frightened. It's better for everyone else if they're not carrying a firearms at that point.

Policing a nation where everyone is armed means the police are heavily armed and the non-insane ones very frightened all the time. See above.

lambdaone1y ago

Worse than that, having a gun doesn't make you safer; it increases the risk to everyone in your household. But I can absolutely understand why fear drives people to own guns -- it's a vicious circle as increased gun ownership drives fear, which in turn drives even more gun purchases...

RVuRnvbM2e1y ago

The homicide rate is 8x Australia's, so yeah it is by comparison.

UberFly1y ago

Likely out of ignorance of actual violent crime statistics.

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echoangle1y ago

I know that, but I didn’t think it was because of security. I don’t think of the US as particularly dangerous, but maybe my perception is wrong…

_ZeD_1y ago

I know that US is vast, and there are millions of good places where one could feel safe, but I assure you, from the outside sometimes is seems you live in a mad max alternate universe

echoangle1y ago

I’m from Europe, but I would have no problem going to a tech meeting with some google engineers in Silicon Valley.

bildung1y ago

Homicide rate is 10x the rate of EU and over 30x the rate of Japan: https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/a...

Rape rate is about 3x the rate of EU: https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/crime_stats_oecdjan...

People killed by police (population adjusted) is about 30x the rate of Germany: https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-de... https://polizeischuesse.cilip.de/?p=1&year=2023

echoangle1y ago

JonChesterfield1y ago

It's the guns and the police.

People get angry or frightened. It's better for everyone else if they're not carrying a firearms at that point.

Policing a nation where everyone is armed means the police are heavily armed and the non-insane ones very frightened all the time. See above.

lambdaone1y ago

RVuRnvbM2e1y ago

The homicide rate is 8x Australia's, so yeah it is by comparison.

UberFly1y ago

Likely out of ignorance of actual violent crime statistics.

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