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Why is central Europe yellow?
Well in England, there’s a fair chance of getting stabbed at various locations. For example, if you go to Finsbury Park and hang out, there’s a reasonable chance you’ll get stabbed. If you stay at home you could get stabbed too, although this time it’s more likely that the lack of corporate regulation and sorry excuse for a government we’ve had for the last fucking fifteen years will be the guilty party retreating into the shadows behind the bins with a knife. I’d mark England as yellow on a map tbh. ‘Exercise caution’ yeah sounds about right I’m exercising it right now.
And Mexico?? Like, yeah, there are places here I wouldn't visit just like there are places in the US I wouldn't go near. But any tourist area is safer than the average US city. What the hell.
I don't think this is intended to be consumed as a map, exercise caution would be different for all of these countries, like in France I'd need to watch out for thieves and scams while in Brazil is lost bullets.
Right, and I get that. But compared to all you've said and what I've heard of other countries in this category, we don't run those risks--especially for foreigners. I've been here, living and traveling for quite enough time to know how things are and I can safely say that the warning isn't quite accurate. I've heard more gun shots in US streets than I've ever heard down here in roughly the same length of time.
So unless I can find a source that explains this, I wouldn't trust this map too much.
And Sweden? Exercise caution: Systembolaget closes early in Saturdays?
Funny coincidence to read this now as yesterday I went into a shop here in Sweden and a tourist was asking about beer, the cashier had a hard time explaining how it works here with Systembolaget. I ended up sitting down with him on a bench outside the shop and explaining as best I could, in the end he was actually pretty positive about how it works here.
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