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>>azalem+(OP)
Yeah, the government that let the strets go rampant with crime, that they don't even bother tracking anymore, is concerned about the people's "online safety"...

>>coldte+j6
I always hear this but it seems to mostly be made up? Like yeah, there’s crime in London, but less than in most European or American cities… seems like a narrative that keeps being pushed without merit

>>jama21+R9
I live in London and I can tell you no, it isn't mostly made up.

The crime rates in other places is irrelevant if the city you've lived in for the last 20 years has become noticeably more dangerous.

This is not "a narrative that keeps being pushed without merit", in fact the people who dismiss such claims are often the ones who live very insulated lives.

>>indy+cc
I haven’t personally noticed London getting any more dangerous over the past 10 years that I’ve lived here.

>>foldr+Ld
Have you considered that you live in a bubble?

>>j-krie+Ti
I live in London (Tower Hamlets to be specific). Your profile says that you live in Munich.

>>foldr+zy
Of course, no one who lives in Munich ever dares to venture into London. Silly me!

>>j-krie+jR
What makes you so confident that you have a more accurate perception of life in London than its inhabitants? You were very confidently dismissive of my report of my own personal experience, so I was a little surprised to find out that you don't even live here!

Let this be a salutary warning to HN readers that a huge amount of baseless nonsense gets written about crime in London.

>>foldr+lS
I wasn't dismissive at all. I'm just noting that maybe the common HN visitor, which is most likely an academic with the means to live in suburbia or nicer districts, may live in a bubble. I haven't written anything about crime in london.

Let this be a salutary warning to HN readers that people get needlessly pissy when you question them about the backgrounds of their experiences.