Down here at the pawn shop

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Originally Posted by Beest

This was generally me experience of living in the UK, you couldn't leave anything out, even behind the house that wasn't locked up, somebody would nick it. Even if it was locked up they would probably bust it .

We lived in some low rent/student areas, but even in later years this was true in the nice area my folks lived.

Unlikely to get shot, but the constant wariness of petty crime was a grind.

This was true in various areas of Ontario I lived in. People built high fences with locks and alarm systems and if you didn't, too bad for you. You could expect to be ripped off. Thugs drew knives on kids in the local high schools with impunity. Police didn't respond to calls; they were stretched too thin. I never felt unsafe while living in the US, but I felt unsafe every day during our last stint in Canada.