There are many things that define the level of civilization we have reached.
It is sometimes interesting that what we call a civilized country with a well-developed infrastructure, big businesses headquartered there, impressive top medical facilities, well-established school system, and pushing the borders of science in various fields, could fail at some basic human needs like shelter, food, water, or security (not having your life constantly in danger, if that's not your job). Of course, problems aren't the same everywhere, and they are often related to poverty or poor neighborhoods. But even poverty, homeless people are a problem one wouldn't expect to find so easily in civilized countries. And yet they are.
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I was thinking today after seeing some rough neighborhoods in a few videos, that I am fortunate to live in a town where people are not afraid to walk alone or in small groups after day light goes away. I am thinking this is true for all parts of the town, although I haven't walked to all parts of town recently to see how things have changed. You may occasionally run into a drunk person or maybe even under the influence of drugs, and it's best to avoid them, because they are not thinking straight. But personally, I sometimes get scared when dogs start barking next to me, even if they are from behind a fence. I don't seem to have a problem with people (or they don't have a problem with me), no matter how intoxicated they are. But I don't provoke them either.
You might think I live dangerously. Not really. These are rare situations. I've seen ladies or girls, walking alone late in the evening through rather dark places. They usually go in pairs though, and if they go alone, they usually speak on the phone, which to me seems like they aren't really comfortable.
But I bet in other places they wouldn't dare do that at all. To the other side of the spectrum, I've seen a place in a video where people went with a full car and with someone from the neighborhood to avoid any problems. Of course, one of them was a foreigner (an American) and with a rather expensive car in a poor and dangerous neighborhood, which to me seemed kind of reckless. But when you visit 194 countries, including war zones, you must be a little nuts.
So... I was curious... How safe is your town/city? Would you walk alone at night? High risk of getting mugged, beaten, stabbed, shot, kidnapped, raped?
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I think it's safe enough to walk alone at night, but I do think it is riskier.
Yep, sometimes we need to wonder if it's worth the risk.
Many people tend to be scared of the dark, I personally sometimes prefer going for walks just around sunset and this extends a bit into the night. I'll say it's fairly safe over here, but being on a high alert mode will help too, just in case. It seems more people are losing their minds(sanity), these days.
Most places are well-illuminated in our town after dark, but if you go on narrow alleys, it might be darker and potentially more dangerous.
Yeah, unfortunately.
I live in Lagos. Lagos isn’t safe so I can’t
I imagined that. Thanks for sharing!
Our city is safe now and we go for a walk alone at night but we have other cities where there are more thefts so people don't go there alone.
Yes, I do believe things are the same here. Not all cities are risk-free if you walk alone at night, especially in certain areas.
I think people are scared of unpredictable things especially at night. I remember trying to go the hospital at 5am one morning and I almost peed myself. It's a dangerous place to be at night, I mean my neighborhood
Damn, that's not a situation one wants to be put in often then... I often had to go by train during the night in the past. It's true, I often took a taxi to and from the train station, but there were situations when I walked to the train station (and that's not an area of the town well illuminated). But I had no issues. Can't say I wasn't a bit worried at that time, however.
My city, thankfully, is alright. Have no issues walking alone at night, but I generally don't stay out late. My nights are mostly spent on Hive. Lol!
Well, I haven't been out at night in a while either. But I have a good memory, lol.
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It's fairly safe around here, but it's just a big village and not too busy. I've walked around a lot of cities and not had any trouble so far. I had some guy get a bit threatening in Miami. You have to be careful when on your own.
I haven't had any issues either. Even when my brother-in-law was curious to see one neighborhood with a bad reputation from Athens. Although people were looking kind of funny at us over there, so we didn't stick around much. 🤣