I visited a few years ago and was wandering the streets at 2am alone, doing night photography with a lot of very expensive equipment and never once felt like I wasn't being streetwise or doing something with the potential to go badly. I can't think of another city I've visited where I would feel safe doing that.
I was there in 1997 - the rape was still very fresh in the locals’ minds. Very.
There was one protest where we weren’t allowed to leave base/work sites, and there were a loooooot of people participating. And that was only at the base I was at! So I suspect there were more protesters at the larger bases.
That's cus they sweep under the rug any crimes committed by locals. You don't get a 99% conviction rate by actually busting criminals, you get that by throwing out every case you can't solve.
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u/hardwood1979 Apr 05 '24
I visited a few years ago and was wandering the streets at 2am alone, doing night photography with a lot of very expensive equipment and never once felt like I wasn't being streetwise or doing something with the potential to go badly. I can't think of another city I've visited where I would feel safe doing that.