Thailand safe for tourists?

[Celsius]

Thailand safer than London or New York. Hear this nonsense all the time.

 

Maybe it is if you live in the condo that has its own 7/11 and that is all you do in life.

 

Top 10 safest countries for travelers in 2024

Canada

Switzerland

Norway

Ireland

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Portugal

Denmark

Iceland

Australia

 

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/24/safest-countries-for-travelers-berkshire-hathaway-travel-protection.html

[noobexpat]

How do you get mugged in 16 feet of snow? 

[Chris Daley]

 

 

London is a ghetto rife with gangs.  One simply doesn't go out at night.  If you have to you take the car.

 

New York is an overrated <deleted> hole.  Riddled with drugs and homelessness.  So bad they have to redesign the street furniture so tramps don't sleep on it.  The city that never sleeps.  Everything closes at 4pm and it is like a ghost town at night.  Pretty bad when your city is featured in Grand Theft Auto games.

Edited January 25 by Chris Daley

[kinyara]

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

Thailand safer than London or New York. Hear this nonsense all the time.

 

Maybe it is if you live in the condo that has its own 7/11 and that is all you do in life.

 

Top 10 safest countries for travelers in 2024

Canada

Switzerland

Norway

Ireland

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Portugal

Denmark

Iceland

Australia

 

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/24/safest-countries-for-travelers-berkshire-hathaway-travel-protection.html

 

Are you worried about your safety here, what particular thing is it that you fear from the time you get up in the morning until you're tucked up safely in bed every night that would make the safety in other countries at all relevant to you ? Are you thinking of moving to London or New York ?

 

 

 

[noobexpat]

3 minutes ago, kinyara said:

 

Are you worried about your safety here, what particular thing is it that you fear from the time you get up in the morning until you're tucked up safely in bed every night that would make the safety in other countries at all relevant to you ? Are you thinking of moving to London or New York ?

 

Likes to spread misery and negativity. Plenty of those folks about.

 

 

Edited January 25 by noobexpat

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

Thailand safer than London or New York. Hear this nonsense all the time.

Maybe you should have seen the complete "Global Peace Index" and realize that they rank the USA lower than Thailand. And as you compare Thailand as a whole with crime plagued cities your statement becomes even bigger nonsense.

And of course they disclaim that a country index can still mean that there are unsafe locations/cities within the countries.

Compare a country with a city does not make sense.

And yes, Nutbush city maybe safer than Pattaya.

I would still walk any street in Bangkok with less concern compared to any street in New York, LA, SF etc. Up here in the village I can walk the dog and leave the door unlocked.

 

https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/#/

 

Edited January 25 by KhunBENQ

[beautifulthailand99]

44 minutes ago, Chris Daley said:

 

 

London is a ghetto rife with gangs.  One simply doesn't go out at night.  If you have to you take the car.

 

New York is an overrated <deleted> hole.  Riddled with drugs and homelessness.  So bad they have to redesign the street furniture so tramps don't sleep on it.  The city that never sleeps.  Everything closes at 4pm and it is like a ghost town at night.  Pretty bad when your city is featured in Grand Theft Auto games.

Err I live just outside of London and go to the centre regularly. Have lived there for over 40 years and never seen a crime of had one committed on me must have lived a sheltered life. Roads are way much safer as well as is the clean air I breathe all year round. Expensive though I 'll give you that.

[KhunBENQ]

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Edited January 25 by KhunBENQ

[NextG]

55 minutes ago, Chris Daley said:

 

 

London is a ghetto rife with gangs.  One simply doesn't go out at night.  If you have to you take the car.

 

New York is an overrated <deleted> hole.  Riddled with drugs and homelessness.  So bad they have to redesign the street furniture so tramps don't sleep on it.  The city that never sleeps.  Everything closes at 4pm and it is like a ghost town at night.  Pretty bad when your city is featured in Grand Theft Auto games.

I cycle all over London at night. Less cars on the road, so can take the time to study the architecture etc

No gangs. No bother. Just your nonsense. 
Most problems with gangs are between themselves. Personally haven’t had any encounters. 

Heading home in the daylight, people will happily greet you with a ‘good morning’ if you greet them first. 
Life is what you make it. 

[NextG]

37 minutes ago, noobexpat said:

 

Likes to spread misery and negativity. Plenty of those folks about.

 

 

Since we rarely agree, I took the extra step of quoting you in order to concur, instead of just clicking on an emoji. 
 

[nikmar]

Also depends on what newspaper you read. Daily Mail readers are led to believe there s a near zombie apocolypse occuring in the UK. Broken britain etc...

[Celsius]

1 hour ago, noobexpat said:

 

Likes to spread misery and negativity. Plenty of those folks about.

 

 

 

And some like to lick boots for a bit of Thai pootang

 

Plenty of those too

[noobexpat]

41 minutes ago, NextG said:

Since we rarely agree, I took the extra step of quoting you in order to concur, instead of just clicking on an emoji. 
 

 

Very nice! Acknowledged and appreciated.

[noobexpat]

16 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

And some like to lick boots for a bit of Thai pootang

 

Plenty of those too

 

Up to them. Doesn't affect me or you. 

[mikebike]

1 hour ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Err I live just outside of London and go to the centre regularly. Have lived there for over 40 years and never seen a crime of had one committed on me must have lived a sheltered life. Roads are way much safer as well as is the clean air I breathe all year round. Expensive though I 'll give you that.

Well there ya go. Your subjective experience FAR outweighs any object data 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[northsouthdevide]

Ive been in thailand now for about 15 years, and in all that time the only time ive felt unsafe was when riding a motorbike on samui. 

When i visit the uk, i see all kinds of criminality and anti social behaviour. 

Not here in the land of smiles. 

Say what you will about the MIB, the system seams to work. 

[bkk6060]

The roads mostly are not exactly safe. Terrible unsafe drivers.  They most all s

drive the same so they think they are doing it right.  Check the stats they are messed up.  High speed and following too close are the worst.

I have never been the victim of a crime here.  In other countries I have.

[Olav Seglem]

5 hours ago, noobexpat said:

How do you get mugged in 16 feet of snow? 

Danger is, you cant run away :-)

 

[swm59nj]

Every country has unsafe areas

[RichardColeman]

Certainly Thailand is safer than any current democrat led city in the USA - SF, NY, Chicago, Portland must now be new desirable locations for Exit International.

 

Its a lefty thing - just look at my UK London with its idiot left wing mayor ruling over black gangland murders and stabbings. True Hellhole.

[newbee2022]

18 hours ago, Celsius said:

Thailand safer than London or New York. Hear this nonsense all the time.

...and where is it nonsense? (Or you mean you can't compare cities with a whole country??)

A bit confused this morning ??🥴

[Nemises]

18 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

I would still walk any street in Bangkok with less concern compared to any street in New York, LA, SF etc.

Agree! 
And don’t forget Sydney! I have friends who live in the west side of Sydney. Good luck walking those streets at night… these days it’s similar to walking the backstreets of Beirut, Palestine, Lagos etc, not a “Smith” or “Jones” left there anymore. 

[brianthainess]

Put it this way, would you trust the UK cops more than the RTP?

Are the CCTV cameras in the UK more likely to be working than here?

Do the RTP sit and watch CCTV cameras 24/7 buy trained staff? 

Are the CCTV capable of car recognition in Thailand, like the UK?

Are you more likely to get shot or assaulted in the UK or Thailand?

Is it safe to cross a road in Thailand, walk on uneven paths, drive?

 

 

Would a taxi in the UK refuse you, or not turn on the meter, and have punch ups/shoot/knife with others.

 

[newnative]

I feel much safer in Thailand than I did in the US.

[treetops]

19 hours ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Err I live just outside of London and go to the centre regularly.

 

My condolences.

[Tropicalevo]

I think that survey is very limited. SE Asia seems to have been ignored. Just western places in the list.

Hong Kong and Singapore

They have to up there in the top. They are very safe cities. I have lived in both

[Celsius]

15 minutes ago, newnative said:

I feel much safer in Thailand than I did in the US.

 

Because you lived in ghetto 

[Nabbiex]

23 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

 

 

London is a ghetto rife with gangs.  One simply doesn't go out at night.  If you have to you take the car.

 

New York is an overrated <deleted> hole.  Riddled with drugs and homelessness.  So bad they have to redesign the street furniture so tramps don't sleep on it.  The city that never sleeps.  Everything closes at 4pm and it is like a ghost town at night.  Pretty bad when your city is featured in Grand Theft Auto games.

 

According to which statistics? reliable accuracy? 

[novacova]

On 1/25/2024 at 11:53 AM, Celsius said:

Thailand safer than London or New York. Hear this nonsense all the time.

 

Maybe it is if you live in the condo that has its own 7/11 and that is all you do in life.

You shouldn’t be venturing out to rural areas and villages in TH, very scary people with machetes lurking in the rice swamps and difficult to read what’s really going on behind those friendly smiles. Just stay inside the 7/11 attached condo where it’s safe and keep yourself updated on the blaring news cycle.

[Celsius]

27 minutes ago, novacova said:

You shouldn’t be venturing out to rural areas and villages in TH, very scary people with machetes lurking in the rice swamps and difficult to read what’s really going on behind those friendly smiles. Just stay inside the 7/11 attached condo where it’s safe and keep yourself updated on the blaring news cycle.

 

Finally someone who gets it without being sarcastic, of course