Foreign Streets Safer Than US — Not

I recently overheard a group talk about how “when walking in the streets of any European city, I feel so much safer than in the United States.” While they may have reason to feel that way in the ritzy neighborhood of certain larger areas (I happen to know they were referring to Paris), overall my experience growing up in France was not by any means a safe one. I was harassed and beaten constantly when leaving school. I got money, CDs, CD players, shoes, jackets, etc. stolen from me. In our rather quiet neighborhood, we were the only people on our street to not get their house broken into (many were robbed like this at gunpoint). My mom was mugged approximately five times, and my grandmother has been mugged so many times she doesn’t really bother to mention it anymore/ Charles Boespflug , UI Argonaut. More here .

Question: Do you feel safer in the streets of a foreign city than you do in the streets of a US city?