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03 Feb 10
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There must be some awful **g places, Angelo City in the Philippines is pretty **g scary and i hear Mexico City is bad.
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emerdale all sorts of $hit goes on in that place
STEPTOES YARD 03 Feb 22:49
Caracas
500 murders a month
really? youd have to be caracas to live there then
Caracas
500 murders a month
really? youd have to be caracas to live there then
St Mary Mead. 5 per cent of the population get killed every week.
Mexico City is fine - the border towns are the bad places, Juarez for example.
Columbia *sic is on the whole a safe place to live, there are dangerous areas but you simply stay out of them. Foreigners are generally not targeted by the kidnappers who are after money and not bad publicity.
Most dangerous place to live would be on the side of an active volcano or on Ilha de Queimada Grande
Columbia *sic is on the whole a safe place to live, there are dangerous areas but you simply stay out of them. Foreigners are generally not targeted by the kidnappers who are after money and not bad publicity.
Most dangerous place to live would be on the side of an active volcano or on Ilha de Queimada Grande
JBHA, why the sic after Columbia? I seem to remember that Colombia and Romania were both spelt with a 'u' when I was a kid.
Mikael - I remember that too, I think people get confused with Columbia from the US, assuming that both have the same spelling.
Another possible reason is that Colombia is named after Christopher Columbus, but in Spanish he was known as Cristobal Colon...hence the two 'Os' in the name of the country.
Another possible reason is that Colombia is named after Christopher Columbus, but in Spanish he was known as Cristobal Colon...hence the two 'Os' in the name of the country.
I don't think that Mexico City is any more dangerous than most other big cities outside of Europe and the US. There are parts of Bogota, Rio and Sao Paulo that can be dangerous if you stray into the wrong areas.. Generally I think that the most dangerous places (in terms of violence) would be in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and some places in Africa, such as Sudan, Somalia the Congo e.t.c.
jamaica nice to visit,not so nice to live there though.
London absolute sh1t hole people killing each other every day
Top 5 cities....
5. Cape Town. South Africa.
62 killings per 100 000 residents
4. New Orleans. The USA.
95 killings per 100 000 residents
3. Caracas. Venezuela.
130 killings per 100 000 residents
5. Cape Town. South Africa.
62 killings per 100 000 residents
4. New Orleans. The USA.
95 killings per 100 000 residents
3. Caracas. Venezuela.
130 killings per 100 000 residents
2. Ciudad Juárez. Mexico
130 killings per 100 000 residents
1. Mogadishu. Somalia.
No data..The governments' warnings about traveling to Somalia are unanimous: this African country remains extremely dangerous and there is an enormous risk to anyone's security due to the threat of terrorism, clan-based and ethnic fighting as well as high level of kidnapping and piracy off the coast...........The epicenter of this brutal crimes and cruelty is Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The city has been devastated by the ongoing civil war. As of 2008, around half of the city's population (0.5 million) have left the war-torn capital, according to the United Nations. Dozens of people are wounded every day in Mogadishu, and frequent bombings kill many of civilians. No one really knows how many people have been killed in the city, but without dispute Mogadishu remains the most lawless and dangerous city in the world. This is how BBC describes the everyday scenes in Mogadishu: "The crump of mortars; the crackle of gunfire; eerily empty streets; prowling guerrillas and looters; sprawling refugee camps; hospitals overflowing with casualties, their bodies smashed open by bullets, shells and shrapnel...".
Since the overthrow of President Siad Barre in 1991 one million people have lost lives in Somalia due to the civil war and famine.
And I thought Stockwell was bad11
130 killings per 100 000 residents
1. Mogadishu. Somalia.
No data..The governments' warnings about traveling to Somalia are unanimous: this African country remains extremely dangerous and there is an enormous risk to anyone's security due to the threat of terrorism, clan-based and ethnic fighting as well as high level of kidnapping and piracy off the coast...........The epicenter of this brutal crimes and cruelty is Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The city has been devastated by the ongoing civil war. As of 2008, around half of the city's population (0.5 million) have left the war-torn capital, according to the United Nations. Dozens of people are wounded every day in Mogadishu, and frequent bombings kill many of civilians. No one really knows how many people have been killed in the city, but without dispute Mogadishu remains the most lawless and dangerous city in the world. This is how BBC describes the everyday scenes in Mogadishu: "The crump of mortars; the crackle of gunfire; eerily empty streets; prowling guerrillas and looters; sprawling refugee camps; hospitals overflowing with casualties, their bodies smashed open by bullets, shells and shrapnel...".
Since the overthrow of President Siad Barre in 1991 one million people have lost lives in Somalia due to the civil war and famine.
And I thought Stockwell was bad11
Since the overthrow of President Siad Barre in 1991 one million people have lost lives in Somalia due to the civil war and famine
Not trying hard enough imo.
Not trying hard enough imo.
sidthekid you are so wrong about Colombia.
Yes there are a few still kidnappings but not three a day as you state but around 0.6 per day, a fall of over 90% since 2000, inclduing hardly any foreigners.
The country is very friendly and amazingly hospitable and the vast majority is very safe, and incredibly beautiful.
I organise tours there for hundreds of people to our bird reserves every year and we have had hardly any problems. One pickpocketing, one camera stolen, one unsuccessful attempt to steal a bag, that's all.
Yes there are a few still kidnappings but not three a day as you state but around 0.6 per day, a fall of over 90% since 2000, inclduing hardly any foreigners.
The country is very friendly and amazingly hospitable and the vast majority is very safe, and incredibly beautiful.
I organise tours there for hundreds of people to our bird reserves every year and we have had hardly any problems. One pickpocketing, one camera stolen, one unsuccessful attempt to steal a bag, that's all.
getting better - have you ever organised anything up to Minca in the Sierra Nevada?
the shanty towns of brazil looked pretty dangerous in city of god
Tijuana was scary - felt I might have been done for if I'd strayed off the main drag.
I would say the moon, no air, chance of radiation ... difficult to get back
Been to some scary ones. Manila, Bogota, Panama city, Belize city.
Of to Joberg twice this year.
Lima in Peru was frightening as well.
Of to Joberg twice this year.
Lima in Peru was frightening as well.
dont worry, i will. i cant bloody stand nickelback.
anywhere in nigeria will be the most dangerous place in the world soon
Englandaway.....What was scary about Manila ? Where/how long did u stay
do they have a football team called aston manilla?
i work for a corporate security company. phillipines now the worst place in the world for kidnap risk.
mexico border towns terrible too. 69 murdered in one day there injanuary. all drug cartel related.
mexico border towns terrible too. 69 murdered in one day there injanuary. all drug cartel related.
tiptopcat - i belive you maybe talking about mindanao.
manila hardly frightening
manila hardly frightening
Haha at Digmoor, Skem! I was brought up there - it was quite tough but nowhere near as bad as it is now. I would feel afraid walking those streets now! Once drugs take a hold of an impoverished council estate.......
none of the places that Englandaway mentioned are scary
Panama city is an American playground ffs
Panama city is an American playground ffs
getting better 04 Feb 23:20
sidthekid you are so wrong about Colombia.
Yes there are a few still kidnappings but not three a day as you state but around 0.6 per day, a fall of over 90% since 2000, inclduing hardly any foreigners.
The country is very friendly and amazingly hospitable and the vast majority is very safe, and incredibly beautiful.
I organise tours there for hundreds of people to our bird reserves every year and we have had hardly any problems. One pickpocketing, one camera stolen, one unsuccessful attempt to steal a bag, that's all.
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You are Full of Sh!t, i know the FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sidthekid you are so wrong about Colombia.
Yes there are a few still kidnappings but not three a day as you state but around 0.6 per day, a fall of over 90% since 2000, inclduing hardly any foreigners.
The country is very friendly and amazingly hospitable and the vast majority is very safe, and incredibly beautiful.
I organise tours there for hundreds of people to our bird reserves every year and we have had hardly any problems. One pickpocketing, one camera stolen, one unsuccessful attempt to steal a bag, that's all.
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You are Full of Sh!t, i know the FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no sid - it is you who are full of sh1t and apparently know nothing of the facts or the country.
How was your trip when you went to Colombia?
How was your trip when you went to Colombia?
sidthekid, yer full of sh!t
I'm in Team Jamesblakehugearse
I'm in Team Jamesblakehugearse
Come and stay in Europe's most bombed hotel in Europe's safest city ;-)
nae chance, though Ovalman, Dublin seems popular to people
to be honest I have had no interest in either Dublin or Belfast, same old same old, similar to the UK
to be honest I have had no interest in either Dublin or Belfast, same old same old, similar to the UK
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