Originally Posted by alanw
.... I have never been mugged/pickpocketed/robbed/scammed or anything of the sort......attract any would-be thieves whether it's in Barcelona or San Francisco.
alanw:
It's not only how you look, dress.
I guess you go never, seldom to the "touristy" places in Barcelona, right?
Thieves like places with lots of "crowded" tourists.
For example in Lisbon: I saw the same thieves (mostly teams of two or three) at the tiny tram which goes up the hill to the castle, and also at the tram to Belem....and they always block their victims..
Actually the cable car in San Francisco would be the best place to "work" for them
