ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 21 hours agoAmericans kinda don't like pickpocketing rulediscuss.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square193linkfedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down110
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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours ago less people at one place= less pickpockets. Checks out. Las Vegas, Orlando, and NYC are all huge tourist destinations. That’s where you’ll find the most pickpockets.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoEvery last thing on that list is a major tourist destination. Maybe we’re looking at this wrong. Maybe it’s not that the US is less likely to be pickpocketed, just for size you’re less likely to be in a pickpocketable area.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoThe other part of the comment was that Americans drive everywhere, thus there are less opportunities to pickpocket. Tourists walk around a lot.
Checks out. Las Vegas, Orlando, and NYC are all huge tourist destinations. That’s where you’ll find the most pickpockets.
Every last thing on that list is a major tourist destination.
Maybe we’re looking at this wrong. Maybe it’s not that the US is less likely to be pickpocketed, just for size you’re less likely to be in a pickpocketable area.
The other part of the comment was that Americans drive everywhere, thus there are less opportunities to pickpocket. Tourists walk around a lot.