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Subject: [Leica] Hoppy does Barcelona - street crime
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue Oct 23 15:07:31 2007
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Jerry,

Good to hear from you.  How are you dealing with the fires in your area?  Is 
La Jolla threatened?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@san.rr.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Hoppy does Barcelona - street crime


>
>
> LUGers,
>
> The only places that I have felt safe from street crime have been in 
> Japan, whether it be in a remote mountain village or  big city Kobe,
> Northern UK, and La Jolla , of course
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
> Douglas Sharp wrote:
>> Low-level crime it may be for the police, but when it's happened to you 
>> it's anything but low-level - Frauke (my missus) still refuses to shop at 
>> H&M in Hannover since her purse was stolen there during the summer sales 
>> a few years ago.
>>
>> Organised begging and pickpockets, skimming at ATMs (it's so widespread 
>> in Germany that we even inspect the keypads and card-slots of ATMs 
>> whenever were getting some cash, even in banks) - you can't get away from 
>> it anywhere in any busy city, Hannover is full of them too.
>> Most pickpockets seem to work in groups in the main department stores 
>> where you are less likely to notice being pushed about.
>> The other popular trick is to stain your jacket with a spilled drink or 
>> food to distract your attention, or you're accosted by small children who 
>> show you a piece of paper (don't know what's on it, I never fell for that 
>> trick) so you don't notice the adults filching your pockets.
>>
>> Bag-snatching here is mainly drug addiction related theft, not organised 
>> crime.
>>
>> So, don't trust anybody who gets too close - keep a mean and murderous 
>> look in your eyes (pretend everyone else is a Nikon or Canon user ;-) ) 
>> and always keep your ID, passport, bank and credit cards in a secure 
>> inside pocket far away from your wallet.
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>> Daniel Ridings wrote:
>>> On 10/22/07, Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> One of the possible venues is Barcelona, but some people seem concerned
>>>> about low level street crime - pick pockets etc. Did you feel unsafe or
>>>> venerable why you were in Barcelona?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> My 18-year-old daughter was in Barcelona a few months ago for a whole
>>> week. It was her first trip out on her own. She had heard this too
>>> (pick pockets, etc).
>>>
>>> So she didn't take her Pentax DSLR, but a compact Canon instead.
>>>
>>> She was really upset with herself. The reports of pick pockets wasn't
>>> anything she had to concern herself with once she was there.
>>>
>>> My wife ran in to some Rumanians standing around ATM:s and tried to
>>> make off with her 50 Euro bill, but she grabbed her, confronted the
>>> old lady and got her money back.
>>>
>>> I doubt that the pick pocket situation is worse than any other major
>>> city. The days when you could walk around Europe (at least walk around
>>> in the big cities) without worrying about this kind of thing is over.
>>> Barcelona is no worse than anywhere else.
>>>
>>> _
>
>
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