Yes, but your reasoning has a flaw, at least as far as getting robbed, i.
e., if there are
MORE tourists in Europe than say Dallas, then the ratio between tourists and
thieves
may still be the same.

Nick D.



> > Travel in
> > Europe is no different than any travel (especially during the tourist
> > season), and comes with the requisite warnings.
>
> I disagree; travel in Europe is distinctly different from what most
> Americans are used to, "especially during the tourist season". The
> difference being that, at any given time, there are many more "furriners"
> (American and other), both per square km and per native caput, in most any
> European location than there are in almost any US location. IOW, there are
> lots more people from Dallas in Paris than those of Parisian persuasion in
> Dallas. That being the case, the ratio of potential "marks" for
pickpockets,
> con artists, etc. to less likely native targets ("spaces"?) is higher, so
> the relative concentration of people engaged in those "occupations" is
also
> higher--a lot higher. Which doesn't mean that there are necessarily any
more
> criminals per useful citizen there than anywhere else; but the ones that
do
> exist are smart enough to fish where the fish are.
>
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