Violence is of course relative. I’m 100 kilos and really strong, so most don’t pick fights with me. Were I woman or older, I’d be a lot more afraid.
I’ve seen some really aggressive behavior in Europe. The worst train station in my experience is Paris Montparnasse, where homeless people have actually pulled the ear buds out of my ears to …
Violence is of course relative. I’m 100 kilos and really strong, so most don’t pick fights with me. Were I woman or older, I’d be a lot more afraid.
I’ve seen some really aggressive behavior in Europe. The worst train station in my experience is Paris Montparnasse, where homeless people have actually pulled the ear buds out of my ears to demand money from me. In Hamburg though, a former partner got assaulted by a homeless man right next to me in the train station: the man grabbed his hiking pack (while he was still wearing it) and tried to wrest it off him. Instead pulled them both to the ground, my partner on top of him.
So, I don’t know. Desperation is the same everywhere, I think.
Violence is of course relative. I’m 100 kilos and really strong, so most don’t pick fights with me. Were I woman or older, I’d be a lot more afraid.
I’ve seen some really aggressive behavior in Europe. The worst train station in my experience is Paris Montparnasse, where homeless people have actually pulled the ear buds out of my ears to demand money from me. In Hamburg though, a former partner got assaulted by a homeless man right next to me in the train station: the man grabbed his hiking pack (while he was still wearing it) and tried to wrest it off him. Instead pulled them both to the ground, my partner on top of him.
So, I don’t know. Desperation is the same everywhere, I think.