Originally Posted by
BoomtownRat
I’m neither comparing Stockholm to cities in the US in particular nor referring to particular crimes. There are other crimes than gun violence to consider aswell. I’m factually stating that no areas in Stockholm are “perfectly safe” (as one commenter in fact stated), and some areas are in fact far from it, and I provide factual reasons why. These are facts, just as it is a fact that parts of many cities in the US also of course are to be considered unsafe in no uncertain terms.
I suspect you couldn’t swallow my reference to immigrant crime issues as the reason for trying to debunk my comment and attempting to ridicule me, but I’m not particularly surprised that out of political correctness some might want to go after the messenger rather than discussing facts. This concludes my contribution to this thread.
/BTR
Your posts in this thread have supplied no references as far as I have read so far, and reading is fundamental. If I had to bet on who came into this thread knowing about Swedish Brå statistics and has a greater understanding of those facts and comparative facts for a country such as the US, I would bet on myself.
Stockholm is “perfectly safe” when compared to most other cities of its population size in the rich country club, including that of the US. If someone considers visiting DC or Vegas or driving in their car a lot in the US to be ok, then Stockholm is “perfectly safe”. That doesn’t mean there’s no crime, as crime exists just about everywhere in the world — including in the very rural backwoods of the American country-/mountain-side and even in the richest neighborhoods in the US, Canada, Israel, Russia, Hungary, Switzerland, Japan, etc.
As a matter of fact, the most unsafe thing for me about the Radisson Blu Waterfront hotel, its neighborhood and city — where I am at least a few times each month and around which I wander around alone (even at 1-5am at times) — as of late has been the danger of walking with new shoes with poor traction and then “running scared” ....... of missing my transport. Not “running scared” of criminals there.
Are there some questionable characters in ____? Yes, but that’s just about everywhere in the world.
My suggestion to the OP: the Radisson Blu Waterfront is the way to go, as the Downtown Camper stay is more subject to a construction zone-related disturbance aspect and in a more “dead” area at night especially.
.... and speaking of the dead, the rate of homicide per capita in Sweden was lower in 2017 than in 2007; and the Swedish homicide rate is far, far lower than the US rate.
And for what’s it worth or not, I find that the Stockholm Central Station and area immediately around it is better looking now and more active than it was say 4-15 years ago.