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[–] 26 points 1 week ago (11 children)

This type of stuff scares the crap out of my wife. She listens to too many doomer podcasts then talks about how we should move somewhere safe only to name a country that is far more dangerous than France.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (10 children)

    What countries has she suggested?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

    When we first started dating in 2014 she really wanted to go to El Salvador or Colombia or Venezuela. Things have changed quite a bit in 12 years, and I wouldn't call them dangerous compared to France now.

    Edit: I really shouldn't listen to my colleagues. I thought perhaps things people used to say about the countries listed above as examples were just stereotypes. My colleagues are misinformed, I was misinformed. They all seem more dangerous than France now that I've looked at some stats.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    An I misunderstanding what you're writing? Those all sound more dangerous than France to me.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    I work with a lot of internationals. I think those countries are more dangerous, but my colleagues and other contacts have told me that things have improved to the point that they are all similar. I haven't ever looked into it. It could be a feelings thing: they live here and read the sensationalist headlines and assume France is more dangerous than their country of origin.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    But like, Venezuela literally got bombed and had their President abducted.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Excellent point. You don't have to convince me. I still think France is safer. But, back to the point of my comment: articles like this make people want to leave Europe, but they are misinformed.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    I agree. Yes, countries should always be prepared for crisis, but headlines like this... Man. I stopped reading media a while ago due to this, but I am still exposed to it sometimes via Lemmy.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    What in the holy hell am I reading, Colombia?? The country that is famous for gang crimes and such??? And so many upvoters even agree???

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

    20x homicide rate compared to France in recent years!

    Edit: Venezuela "only" 10x, El Salvador is the only one that is somewhat close to France, but that one we all know why... Maybe safe for externals at this moment I guess?

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