I love that “alpha male” conservatives are scared shitless to be in a place where “feminised liberal males and woke women” feel safe.
Conservatives are such cowards, they’re scared of their own shadow, talk about a weak character!
Conservatives are driven mainly by fear so this makes sense
I think this applies for nearly everywhere on earth. I moved to Germany and the Germans talked about their crime as if it was a serious problem. Coming from the US, relatively speaking, statistically Germany is unbelievably safe. But because we remember the existence of crime far more easily than the absence of crime, because of the modern information age, and because it’s so easy to be independent these days (and therefore a homebody that meets so few new people) it’s easy to become fearful.
I would highly recommend everyone look up their statistical crime rates and realize how much safer the world is. That alone should quell a meaningful chunk of immigration fears imo, if the fears are rational and honest.
It also depends on who you ask in German. If it is an AfD or CSU voter, they already shit themselves when they just see brown people. Probably same case with Reform UK voters in the UK.
I just did that. My city has a crime index of 1. 100 is the safest. Whelp.
Have you asked if crime is right for you? /s
Have you yourself become fearful despite a lower crime rate?
They keep saying it’s the worst it’s ever been, when the reality is violent crime in London is basically the lowest it’s ever been
These are all people who can vote, yet are not operating with accurate information.
Same in the U.S. These people don’t give a fuck about violence, they’re just racists who don’t like multiethnic enclaves in their country, and resent that the “blue” cities have the best education, food, style, that we are the cultural drivers, and that we live in relative harmony.
As an American who is very familiar with this kind of trend, I came here to comment about wondering how these views correlate to respondents’ openness to foreign cultures (“is it basically racism/xenophobia like it is in the US?”).
Yeah last time I checked, nowadays most of the unsafest cities in the US are in red states.
Almost like some group of people is stoking unfounded fears…
Right wingers like to stoke those fears.
Right wingers are the symptom, not the cause. The cause is a much smaller group.
Spent a quick decade in London. IMHO the biggest issue by far are kids drinking and/or doing drugs and causing trouble.
I was commuting during night a lot to work, regularly went to concerts/gigs/pubs and its not worst than any other big city as far as I can tell. With some common sense its a fairly safe destination to anyone who is not actively looking for trouble.
In this case, congrats to the people who “don’t know”. I imagine that some of them refuse to parrot the news, but also don’t have any personal experience living in London. There’s no shame in admitting that you don’t know when it’s the most accurate, honest answer you’re able to give.
Actual question: is it unsafe? Last time i was in london was more than a decade ago, and other than being pretty boring(i will die on that hill) it didnt seem particularly unsafe. Tho a lot can change in a decade.
It actually has the lowest crime rate for violence against the person amongst English and Welsh police regions. It has higher-than-average homicide and total crime rates, but it’s not the highest and it’s comparable to other cities
No, it’s pretty safe. The perception that it isn’t is due (at least in part) to propaganda.
Yeah this shit happens here in America. When people ask me “isn’t it violent in your city?”, I say “yes it’s horrifically violent, you shouldn’t come here”.
But is it safe?
Been there and it is okay. It also depends on where you go and whether you look wealthy. There are however certain spots where you find pickpockets such as certain crowded tourist attractions. There are also parts of London that are generally safe.
Sounds rather unsafe to me xd
It’s about as safe as Frankfurt or Berlin.
That doesn’t make it better /s
Yeah but what do they know?
It could be a valid feeling if Londoners are more dangerous and prey on people from the rest of the country.
More a joke but statistically speaking, their wealth must come from somewhere.
