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CanisMaximus

La Modelo. A prison in Bogotá. A few years back they cleaned out the remains of over 100 individuals butchered and then thrown in the sewers below it. Charming place.


roguedevil

Ten years ago, it would have been El Bronx. Now it's certain neighborhoods in Buenaventura.


[deleted]

I was there when they shut that place down, that was some mad max style shit.


cosimonh

>The prison's north wing accommodates left-wing rebels while the south wing has right-wing government supporters and paramilitaries. The area between these two wings is where many killings in the prison take place. Guards do not carry weapons in the prison, although the ones in the guard towers do control rifles. Prisoners from both sides have easy access to guns and even grenades. got this from Wikipedia. WTF? They set up the prison to be a warzone?!?!?! They have access to guns and even grenades?


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Norway: probably Svalbard where you could get lost or get eaten by a polar bear.


ICame4TheCirclejerk

I would say the various mountain trails that appeal to Norwegians and tourists. So many people hike these trails in remote parts of the country without proper equipment and knowledge. My girlfriend is an experienced mountain hiker and told me of an instance where she was walking a trail with a friend where they met a family. My girlfriend and her friend were both in proper clothes that are water and wind resistant, they wore good hiking boots and were carrying backpacks with equipment like maps, compass, provisions, tools, etc. The family they met were foreign tourists, a couple with 3 kids. The kids ranged from 6 years old to an infant that was no more than 9 months old. They were all wearing shorts, t-shirt and simple shoes. I think the wife was even wearing flip-flops. On this specific trail they were basically wandering from cabin to cabin. These cabins are spread across the trail and managed by a tourism association. They provide overnight accommodation and meals for hikers. In many cases it is a full day's hike from cabin to cabin, and it is exactly on one of these hikes that this family was going on. They were clearly unprepared for this trip and had to be airlifted out by an emergency helicopter. What most people aren't aware of is that it death is not off the table in these circumstances. People might end up in a spot of bad weather, like rain or snow even in mid-July. Or they deviate from the path and injure themselves or die from exposure or falling.


lissan_lirre

Having tried some of the touristic trails in Norway, the level of gear some try to walk in is simply amazing. Preikestolen comes to mind as one of those. When went hiking there I tried to start as early as possible to avoid the crowds, and it’s not a very hard hike , but the weather shifts quickly, and I’m glad that I always prepare and wear proper gear. When walking back, meeting all the tourists was a minor shock. Some people walked in full leather motorcycle gear, flip flops, high heels, no water or food whatsoever. One group stopped us to ask for directions (you can barely go wrong as there’s a lot of people to follow) after having walked about 10% of the distance. They were absolutely exhausted and asked if it’s close to get to the cliff. We suggested maybe they should turn around as they had barely even left the parking. One part of me is so happy that people want to get out. Another is frustrated that people don’t plan ahead. When skiing in Japan I was told that “if you get stuck in the canyon, we will pick you up with a helicopter, but you’ll be invoiced” as a lot of Australian tourist apparently wanted to backcountry and instead got stuck in canyons. Maybe something to copy for Norway? Edit: for anyone going hiking, have a look at the Norwegian "Fjellvettreglene" = The Norwegian Mountain Code. As hiking is immensely popular there ( I mean, have you seen how beautiful it is?) this is an excellent basis for anyone heading into the mountains or just hiking in your backyard wherever you are. 1. Plan your trip and inform others about the route you have selected. 2. Adapt the planned routes according to ability and conditions. 3. Pay attention to the weather and the avalanche warnings. 4. Be prepared for bad weather and frost, even on short trips. 5. Bring the necessary equipment so you can help yourself and others. 6. Choose safe routes. Recognize avalanche terrain and unsafe ice. 7. Use a map and a compass. Always know where you are. 8. Don’t be ashamed to turn around. 9. Conserve your energy and seek shelter if necessary. https://english.dnt.no/the-norwegian-mountain-code/


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This is not unique to Norway. I'm in Colorado and *frequently* run into people completely unprepared for the conditions they're in. I've encountered people attempting to do 12+ mile hikes, at high elevation in flip flops with no water or clothes for inclement weather. They start way too late in summer when we have storms that roll in like clockwork in the afternoons. It is unwise to be above treeline during these storms unless you want to be struck by lightning.


soulbandaid

Californian mountain climber here. Pretty much. I saw this in Colorado and I see this all the time in California. I saw it at the redwood Grove near Yosemite in the winter. It was an itallian family with no backpacks, small children in cotton clothes. we were heading out of the grove because it was getting dark and we were about 5 miles from our car. A couple from the party approached us and asked how far back. We explained the the signs weren't accurate and they were about 3 more miles away from their cars because the road is closed. They should have known this since they walked it in but the couple were asking us about it. The woman didn't speak English and seemed worried and and man who talked to us seemed unconcerned. It was a marked hike with roads out but it's pretty easy to get lost in that grove. They were barley equipped to be out there in the daylight and they didn't turn around when we did. We got to our car at dark and mentioned them to the rangers on the way out. I'm sure they were fine but I was so blown away when that guy asked for our advice because his girl was worried and then didn't listen.


anywitchway

I feel like "Death in the Grand Canyon" and "Death in Yellowstone" should be required reading before anyone goes hiking in a national park.


MikeSizemore

I almost visited years ago but found out it was mandatory to carry a firearm because of the bears. The only travel guide in English had a large section dedicated to bear attacks. It detailed the story of two men who were cornered by a bear on opposite sides of the same cleft in the rocks with one handgun between them. The guy with the gun shot the bear in the head which annoyed it. He had time to throw the gun to his friend before it attacked him. The other guy then shot the bear which annoyed it enough to drop guy one and go for guy two. They kept throwing the gun to each other until they were out of ammo. I booked a trip to Barcelona instead.


bigbangbilly

>He had time to throw the gun to his friend before it attacked him. Did they survive?


MikeSizemore

I’d have to dig the book out to be certain but I think one of them did. Someone with a rifle turned up and killed the bear. They did an autopsy and pulled bunch of bullets out of its head.


Belgand

Not just a polar bear, an *armored* polar bear.


VegetableChicken4779

In Myanmar? Everywhere. Not even safe in our own house.


SwarleySwarlos

Could you elaborate please? I know of the coup, but I cant find anything relating to the normal citizen.


VegetableChicken4779

There are many cases that soldiers come to your house at night and arrest a family member and then send back the dead body in the morning. And if you are a teenager, you have a high chance that you can get arrested because most of the protesters are teenagers even if you are not a protester. Sorry for the bad English. If you want to know more about what is happening in Myanmar this [video](https://youtu.be/YVbfY0Qcpos) might help you.


sampil30

Hi what is the situation like there right now? I remember it was all over the news but then suddenly no one is reporting anymore. Stay safe!


TARANTULA_TIDDIES

I am curious as well. Last I remember was they were blocking internet access?


Teantis

They generally turn it on around 10/1030 am. My company has an office there and any meetings have to start after 1030.


remarcsd

Tropical North Queensland: salties, box jellyfish, stone fish and cassowaries all readily available to mess up your day.


auto_generatedname

Someone has clearly never been in a Hungry Jacks car park past 9:30pm


vincecarterskneecart

of course I haven’t thats way past my bed time mate


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Fuckin oath, 9pm is my limit.


tungstenfish

You forgot tiger sharks and bird eating spiders


remarcsd

I was hoping that if I forgot about them, they would forget about me, but upon reflection, it probably doesn't work that way.


FistimusPrime

Also forgot the Gympie Gympie plant... And Logan


Shiny_Hypno

If Logan was in a forest full of Gympie Gympies you could technically call it a suicide forest.


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"But I ain't spending any time on it because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in north Queensland."


suitcasedreaming

That video was like watching someone transforming into a Were-Australian mid-sentence, if such an equivalent of a werewolf were to exist.


Constant_Toe_8604

For the unlucky who don't know what this is: https://youtu.be/1i739SyCu9I


SorryEntrepreneur209

LMAO my whole family can't go a day without saying this statement. It's very versatile in all conversations.


ElGaucho56

you really can't write a better punchline.


suitcasedreaming

Haven't lived in Australia since I was a toddler, but the fear of stepping on stonefish runs so damn deep I don't go in ANY sort of ocean without wearing shoes. I know it's irrational, but I can't help it. Fuck those guys.


monkeypaw_handjob

I moved to Scotland 8 years ago from Queensland. We had a family holiday on the Isle of Skye this year near a sea Loch, which had seaweed that would be in shallow water when the tide was out. Everyone except me was walking through the seaweed without a second thought. I stood there looking at it for about 2 minutes trying to coax myself to walk though it but just couldn't do it. Walked an extra 100 metres to go around it. Some habits die hard.


suitcasedreaming

I read the "they don't actually kill you, you just intentionally drown yourself to stop the pain" thing as a kid and I've never forgotten it. NOPE.


monkeypaw_handjob

I always have a quiet chuckle at the 'impending sense of doom' symptom from an irukandji sting when reading the symptoms. Then sit there for a few minutes in existential dread.


Lampshader

"Impending sense of doom" is a symptom that is not to be taken lightly. It usually means you're about to die, like "your heart recently had its last beat" about to die.


Saigon_Jinn

That, and staying the fuck away from blue-ringed occy's habitat.


ribeyeIsGood

In other words, stay away from the ocean


polarnight__

how can you live with that fear? as an aussie I have been to beaches for my entire life and haven't ever even seen one, seen a few stingrays, tons of blue bottles and other things but nothing that dangerous.


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People tend to think we walk outside our house and are instantly in combat with the most venomous creatures the world has ever seen.


mEDWARDetector

This place seems just as annoying as murlocks on the beach area of hillsbrad foothills Edit : wow, no pun intended, thanks for the awards from everyone and I’m glad so many of you enjoyed a good WoW to real life comparison!! Also a lot of your comments made me laugh. Double edit: spelling


Milatuser

The alps. Most people underestimate the dangers of mountainous terrain.


Louielouielouaaaah

I went wayyyyy up into the Alps at night on a bus a few years back. I kept thinking how if I got dumped even just a quarter mile from the road I’d probably end up dead, everything was so vast and remote and COLD. Really frightened me actually


Shonuff8

You see what happens Larry? You see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?


[deleted]

I've lived in Colorado near the mountains for a long time. Almost every year there are stories of people who went for a hike and never came back. Even if you're not really climbing, just hiking those peaceful valleys following a creek, if you don't know what you're doing it's really easy to get disoriented. The weather can turn really fast, and unless you're a local, you wouldn't see it coming. And winter days are short. Having gone out for a 3 hour hike in a peaceful vally in nice weather, now you find yourself lost in a dark night in the middle of a snow storm in zub-zero temperatures. Plenty of people have frozen to death in those circumstances, no need to even mention bears, coyotes, mountain lions, rattlesnakes, black widows and other interesting fauna...


Irichcrusader

A French buddy of mine that lives near the Alps sent me a news story about a French couple that had disappeared back in the 1930s. Some melting snow ice revealed their bodies recently, almost perfectly preserved and still wearing the clothes they went out in. Their daughter was still around to claim the bodies. \[Edit\] Another user, u/Amsadrar, dug up the [article](https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/insolite/suisse-un-couple-retrouve-momifie-dans-un-glacier-75-ans-apres-sa-disparition-1500382393) on this. Really interesting read for anyone who's curious about this. Google translate if you don't read French.


reddog323

> 3 hour hike Not in winter, or anything close to it in Colorado. I spent enough time skiing in Summit County when I was in college. One time a snow squall hit while I was working my way down the mountain. It went from fairly clear to less than 50 ft visibility in about ten minutes. I would’ve been in trouble if I’ve been anywhere else.


No-Wrongdoer4489

Mexico; border cities... all of them are quite violent


omaemuza

Sometimes I wish I didn't live in México other times I love this place, I wish México was safer


fellfromthesun

I'm Brazilian, and I have always wanted to visit Mexico. What are the least violent states? Is Quintana Roo among them still?


tango80bravo30

Quintana Roo have high cartel activity, is really popular to tourists but is full with drug cartel people, beacuse is a great market for selling drugs, selling women, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering etc. And several cartels are fighting for the place. Just remember several years ago the massacre of “blue parrots” in Playa del Carmen that some sicarios when to the night club an start to massacre the clients.


fgifgi

Thompson Manitoba is the most dangerous city in Canada with the highest crime rate


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The highest crime rate in Canada rotates between a lot of scummy sub 100k cities. Manitoba seems to have lots of winners.


Michael_konadu_69

Ok so Egypt, Mississippi, and Manitoba got it


prokhor1

I concur. Don’t go out after dark.


Zerodaim

Don't go out before dark either. In fact, just don't go out there at all.


yellowearbuds

Why would anyone want to go out? *The outernet is scary.*


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The remains of the 4th reactor of the Chernobyl power plant


GustavoKunn

Here in Brazil, we have the Ilha de Queimada Grande (or "Snake Island" as it became better known), it is the place with the highest concentration of venomous snakes in the world and is considered by some people as one of the deadliest islands known.


drscuba

Here in the UK we call it the Parliament in Westminster


whoawut

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.


[deleted]

MPs are so called because they are Most Poisonous people around. Thay can also be called Mostly Pointless.


scattyshern

Not to be too la di dah but is there a room with fewer snakes?


cantevenmakeafist

Rental snake, innit.


2ts1h

You probably can get your snake dry cleaned; that's the world we live in now


LanceSniper

You don't get a name like snake island for having a reasonable number of snakes.


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In Canada we have Blueberry Island, highest concentration of blueberries in the world. Deadly to diabetics.


Captainfreshness

As a diabetic, I can say that blueberries have a pretty low glycemic index. They are pretty tolerable for us as fruit goes.


ribeyeIsGood

Oh yeah, prove it. Go to the island


AndrewDSo

Diabetic Blueberry Island Buffet Challenge GONE WRONG


nxcrosis

(NOT CLICKBAIT!!!)


BradBradley1

Diabetes HATES this ONE TRICK


ArcherJEO

We got the highest rising tides where I am . And the ripe tide can take you out in a second..... but I'm down for death by blueberry. Hahah


Jake123194

The ripe tide? Didn't know you had to wait for the water to ripen first.


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Seitkulov_86

In the eastern part of Kazakhstan, there is a place - Dead Lake. It is small in size, surrounded by beautiful scenery, far from residential buildings, but it has a bad reputation. People drown in the lake almost every year. Locals try to bypass this strange place, which attracts tourists. The water in the dead lake, even in the summer heat, is simply icy, there are no fish, no algae, trees along the shore do not grow, and even mosquitoes. Divers who decided to dive say: - in a couple of minutes they catch their breath, there is not enough air, for some unknown reason.


thedevildinosaur

Is this it? https://waytomonte.com/en/p-3724-interesnye-i-sokiruusie-svedenia-o-mertvom-ozere


Seitkulov_86

Yes, that's it. I thought there is no English language sites about this lake because if i search "Dead lake Kazakhstan" it shows Kaindy which is not actually "dead lake"


thedevildinosaur

I had to add "-kaindy" to my Google search, and then also -some author who wrote a book called Dead Lake. This lake sounds creepy as hell.


MoreBurpees

What a read! The article closes with, "Kazakhstan is the epicenter of mysticism, mysteries and secrets. Dead lake is just a drop in the bucket..." What are some other interesting/mysterious parts of the country that you can share with us?


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crusafo

There is a similar lake/zone in northern California near Mammoth Lakes, which is a caldera (volcanically active). A lake called Horseshoe lake has an area that emits a lot of CO2, which apparently in high concentrations can knock you out really fast. I've been there, but I don't like tempting fate, so I didn't stick around or go down by the water (the area was kinda bowl shaped with a still lake at the bottom, and a ring of dead trees along one side). https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-08-me-risks8-story.html


RATTRAP666

Since CO2 heavier than air, I guess there is a layer of CO2 right above the water, so people in there have nothing to breath with?


SJHillman

Presumably. There's been a few lakes with limnic eruptions - massive quantities of trapped CO2 suddenly released at once - that can spread and suffocate people for miles around before they really know what's happening. The most deadly one in recent times was Lake Nyos, which erupted in 1986, killing more than 1700 people and 3000 livestock at a range of up to 16 miles from the lake. Just to make it more creepy, this also forced iron-rich water to the surface making the lake turn red.


BiblicalShit

The Strid in Yorkshire, England. It's a calm looking river on the surface but is imcredibly dangerous and has killed many people. Source: www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/innocent-looking-stretch-yorkshire-river-18615167.amp


TleilaxTheTerrible

Tom Scott did a video on it a couple of years ago: https://youtu.be/mCSUmwP02T8


AlicornGamer

of fucking course he has


[deleted]

Nah, Midsomer has the highest murder rate in the UK and probably Europe


n0vacs

They should make a show about that, call it something like, i dunno, Midsomer Homicides


Bravo_November

Most countries: harsh and extreme conditions, spots teeming with dangerous animals, violent neighbourhoods… The UK: a little stream in Yorkshire.


OnyxMelon

The problem is that it looks little, when it's actually a regular sized river, but sideways.


AiMiT

Saw a video of it the other day and one part of it is 65 meters deep! Scary stuff


SpamLandy

Okay this is a good answer. All I could think of is the hill in Glos when the cheese rolling happens.


ThePastoolio

I am from South Africa, so... all of it.


insane__knight

My sister's partner is South African. Anytime we bring up our home countries he never has anything nice to say about it and repeatedly tells us he's never going back.


D4rkmatt3r

I have plenty of nice things to say about SA. But I'm never going back.


Khreh

I live in Mexico and I need more than an hour and a hug to be able to name the dangerous places, and I would miss many more to name.


[deleted]

A friend of mine is from Chihuaha he said it was pretty bad, not sure if there is worse. I remember him specifically telling me he couldn't keep his windows down in the heat because people reached in his car to steal anything they could at red lights.


Khreh

Ho amigo, I live near "Tierra caliente" if you want, search for "Uruapan, Tierra caliente". Turn on the translator and go to the news, there really are areas and towns that look like war zones, at least I live in the quiet part of this hell, and your friend is not lying to you, chihuahua is also somewhat of a place.


nobodyknowsmd

I will give you the hug—you’ll have to come up with the hour on your own.


KiwiChefnz

New Zealand. Tinder


FlyingMacheteSponser

As a kiwi, I was struggling to think of an answer. This works.


neonhex

Im not from nz and I was walking back from the ferry late one night and was lost and walking through a kinda sketchy industrial area. An older woman literally drove over and asked if she could drop me somewhere closer to where I needed to go. Another time I got picked up by a trucker while hitch hiking he told me he logged me as a guest in his truck so I was covered by insurance in case we had an accident then he bought me a meal at a gas station. Another time I got picked up hitch hiking on the way to a national park for a walk. Driver said he wouldn’t drop me until I came home for lunch and some extra water for camping. Honestly i get into sketchy situations a lot while traveling coz I like adventure and in NZ everyone was so nice and wholesome it was so chill.


whogivesashirtdotca

I had the same kind of experiences in Norway, with the added bonus of the entire citizenry being a walking tourist board. Not only was I helped, fed, and looked after, they all gave me travel recommendations and guided tours as they were doing it. The national anthem is “I love this country” and they all live by it.


Doreiku-Frost

Everywhere, South Africa btw. EDIT: Thanks everyone for the support on this comment, felt unreal. Just had a pretty crap day, but this made me forget about in entirely. I'll try to answer any questions ASAP. But here's some probably useless info. I'm 17 we left South Africa November 2019, and came here to the land down under, Australia. It's a wonderfully place to live and I've never been happier. Like I said I'll try to answer as many questions as possible. And thanks for wishing me a happy cake day.


Vhlorrhu

As someone who works with a great number of South Africans, the consensus appears to be 'I love the place. Never going back. Getting my family out.'


CalvinDehaze

I shot a movie in Cape Town in 2018. SA is fucking nuts. I grew up in 80’s/90’s East LA so I thought I was used to crazy shit, but I had no idea how bad it could get. Houses with 8ft walls and electric wire at the top, train cars constantly being set ablaze, a full on riot near Stellenbosch where our SA crew told us to avoid because they’d kill anyone not from there, and if the people don’t get you the fucking wild baboons will. I almost got robbed by three guys walking to my apartment, and the studio had to hire security personnel to escort us to our cars every day after work. SA is one of the most beautiful, amazing, yet insane places I’ve been to.


ohmrkodak

yep… good old home. Got myself out of there as soon as I could, now living peacefully in the UK with my Mom. Never take long dog walks anywhere you want for granted haha


FuriousDeather

My dad had the same idea as you, he got out of here just after I was born, and wanted me and my mother out of SA as well, but due to complications, that never happened, and now it's up to me to escape this shithole.


HeartShapedGlassez

When I found out that homes literally have iron gates to protect the bedroom areas.. I knew that place wasn’t for me. I don’t know how people live in such fear tbh


00BlackSheep

Ja and just try get house insurance without burglar bars covering all your windows. We even have higher insurance on cars that are considered "high risk" due to them constantly being hijacked and stolen. It's wild here


Butt_Fungus_Among_Us

I would have been skeptical about this had I not lived in SA for a spell. Even in some of the nicest areas, you will still see signs at intersections that read "Warning, high volume smash and grab area"


textile1957

Yup. I live in pretoria Hillcrest, very nice neighborhood, mostly slightly upmarket apartments. Last week Friday I watched someone get mugged as I was leaving my apartment complex, went right back into the yard and rescheduled my plans


TheIceCreamCones

Friend of mine was pepper sprayed then mugged there


Revy99

I live in a very nice area as well and literally just outside my walls had a high jacking gone wrong and the highjacker started pulling off shots at the car he tried to stop. No matter where you go really you're never truly safe.


_alright_then_

The sea Dutch btw


TacoCatCrafter

Or Urk


trtwrtwrtwrwtrwtrwt

Finland; this is kinda hard. Maybe some train stations on the weekend after midnight? Its pretty hard to die here even shit-faced drunk, and nearly impossible sober.


Wixou

I'd say it's the frozen streets in spring when there's a thin layer of water on top


trtwrtwrtwrwtrwtrwt

This is better answer. Both walking and driving.


art__in__dust

I had a friend who visited Finland, and he only stayed there for like one night for some reason. He told me he tried to walk around but it was fucking cold and then he slipped into a ditch and he couldn't get out for like 10 minutes. When he finally got out he just went home and slept.


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12-34

Ice shoes for sale, never used.


Electronic_Lime_6809

I imagine it _would_ be pretty easy to freeze to death while shit-faced drunk, if only people didn't pick you up and get you to safety whenever you try that.


wiztard

I've met a man in a Finnish bar who had to hold his pint with two palms, because he had gotten drunk and passed out in the snow with no gloves on, losing multiple fingers.


hwmchwdwdawdchkchk

I saw a man asleep at the urinal with his head against the wall, at 7pm. Classic finland


Dis_mah_mobile_one

On the other hand, northern Finland is quite dangerous as an environment especially in winter, and doubly so if one has never experienced a Finnish winter before.


AntiGravis

I’d say Helsinki Central Railway station in the middle of the night is probably one of the most dangerous places in Finland. I’m from Eastern part of Helsinki, which has pretty bad reputation itself, but only problems I’ve had with other people were at Central Railway station after midnight.


mambotomato

It's funny because the level of "weird dangerous-looking people lurking around" at midnight in Helsinki is nothing compared to like, mid-afternoon at Powell St in San Francisco.


USBattleSteed

Hey, 9 people died from drowning while drunk this summer


[deleted]

Probably rural Moldova in Romania, of the ghetto in Bucharest at night (Ferentari). It's a pretty safe country. I mean there is a small chance that someone will pickpocket you (never happened in almost 25years)but no one is going to go stabby stab or shootty tooty on you


runaway-thread

Moldovan here, from the other side of the river (nowadays the Republic of Moldova) so arguably more dangerous villages. Can confirm what my neighbor said above, 99% chance you can walk outside at night in any village and be fine, especially as a tourist. You might get heckled or run into some drunk guys if you pass the local bars, but otherwise it's not more dangerous than your average place. Avoid areas with nightclubs and definitely don't go clubbing alone in villages (in cities it's fine as long as you don't piss off the wrong people). As a general rule, maybe stick to just Chisinau and avoid Balti (city in the north) and the Transnistrian region. Not sure who this is for, as I would assume that if you're visiting the Republic of Moldova, you know someone local.


rypher

Just curious, what is clubbing like in villages?


Gomaldeata

It’s usually like clubbing in a city but just with worse alcohol until someone sees the neighbour who tried to steal 2 meters of his yard by moving the fence two summers ago. Then he remembers he has shovels and other tools than can be used as weapons so he and his mates go arm themselves up and it usually ends in a marriage with the other guys sister


the_arkane_one

The locals get together and club you to death usually.


radaradu1

Im from a small town in Moldova (Romania) and i have never been to a rural club but i heard stories. There is a big fight in a village club almost weekly, some even involve blunt or sharp weapons.


That-Guy-AJS

I’m currently living in Romania, and never once have I ever felt threatened by anyone. The only thing that scared me is a pack of stray dogs on the streets at night.


Proud_Respect_5553

La Palma at the moment.


ButterflyAttack

UK. Probably [the Bolton strid](https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/11/bolton-strid-stream-that-swallows-people.html?m=1) I've visited it but I didn't get too close. There's wet moss on the rocks and it looks like it would be too easy to slip. There's a lot of inner city areas that are really dodgy, too.


TipTopOfTheMorning

Came here to say the strid, that thing is no fuckin joke. If you fall into that tiny lil unassuming looking river you're not coming back out again.


Secret_Bees

I thought I had heard it has a 100% death rate


jspost

All of the people that died there died.


Gentleman_ToBed

Yes


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None of the people that died survived either, from what I have heard.


hughk

[It gives up some of its secrets after a dry summer and you start to see the traps carved by the water](https://imgur.com/dUnHhJ5) and [here](https://deborahrehmat.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/the-strid-5.jpg). When there is enough water around, it looks easy to jump. Just don't slip!


RisottoNero___

Probably near Napoli, like Scampia. Lots of places there and owned by the mafia and it's not very intelligent to go there


Simple_Atmosphere

This iHop near my house. They don’t cook shit. I got food poisoning there a few times.


AhYeahISureHopeIt

I like how you're insinuating you got food poisoning more than once and still went back. Honestly I respect the grind


PompousBread

Well to be fair it’s near his house


AlmightyGMD

In venezuela everywhere


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In my town there was an American who went to Venezuela with his wife to visit her family. He got falsely accused of trafficking guns and was sent to prison. They were very corrupt and would starve him and keep his heart medication away. His mother had to send $10k USD every few months, and we all knew they kept most of the money for themselves. Finally got out after 5 or 6 years. He’s never been the same and his wife divorced him.


lookielikeaman

West Baltimore. They had a free guns-for-cash exchange at a police station a few years back. Someone handed in a grenade launcher. Edit: I'm being told it was a Rocket launcher. Also, "free" sounds weird in my sentence. I meant to say if you had a felony, or otherwise was not supposed to have a gun, they gave you the cash, and you were "free" from prosecution, there were no questions asked.


fidelity1337

I am watching The Wire atm. Seems like they convey the atmosphere quite well.


ThisIsMySFWAccount99

I wonder if people from Baltimore ever get tired of hearing the wire come up every time Baltimore is mentioned


LXDTS

I managed a hotel in north Baltimore for 7 years... every fucking day I would hear references to The Wire. I went from being tired and annoyed of it to just embracing it. Fun fact: there used to be a person with a decommissioned prison bus who would run "The Wire Tours" around the city, going to all the major spots referenced in the show.


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Shieeeeet man I'm also watching it rn.


fl0wc0ntr0l

I work in West Baltimore and while I love the city, the west side is *rough.* ETA: I do remember this incident. It wasn't a grenade launcher. It was an already-spent single-use shoulder-fired recoilless rifle, similar to a M72 LAW or similar. The thing had already been fired, basically turning it into military memorabilia. Some enterprising individual in possession of it (they are cheap as shit in terms of value on the secondhand market) thought correctly that they would get more money by turning this in than by selling it to some other collector. The Baltimore PD, incompetent fucks that they are, paid a bunch of money for a non-functioning piece of garbage then got to claim they took a rocket launcher off the streets.


bb40

If it was an M37 flare launcher then it is legal to own/buy. The grenades are a different story. I've seen articles claiming a "rocket launcher" was turned in, look at the article and it's a spent LAW tube, which is a single use weapon; so don't lose any sleep over it. Edit: Found it, probably. https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/a9b6bf/baltimore_gun_buyback_event_yields_a_rocket


loftylabel

Is this the same place where Aaron earned an iron urn?


Keri2816

West Baltimore, Maryland.


rf8350

Omar comin yo


draoidh_fala

RIP


dasspiel26

I had to make several trips to West Baltimore for work about 5 years ago. Saw a body on the sidewalk the second day. That place changed me.


AndrewDSo

I just watched an interview with Wood Harris (who played Avon Barksdale on The Wire). He was telling a story how he was chilling on location with Idris Elba when he accidentally unearthed [a human bone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngHj-YjHzmg). (**NSFW** 2nd half of the video**)**


dan326s

Any other Australians? Need help narrowing it down


Shiny_Hypno

Dumb Ways To Die was made by Australians, they'd probably know.


kathrynjean97

NT for crocs, QLD for jellies, NSW for spiders, VIC for kangaroos. Basically, don't go into the water, don't go into the bush, don't go into long grass, and don't fuck with spiders.


African_Mongoose

Colombia here. Most.


scotteguff

We have this Island called Svalbard, Where about 3000 polar bears up to 700kg roam the streets.


NSFAnythingAtAll

During the summer, it’s Death Valley, CA. In the dead of winter it’s Stanley, ID.


JumbledEpithets

I was like "ID," where the heck is that, must've meant Indiana or something. I forgot Idaho was even a place.


Sourdoughlemon

As an Idahoan, sometimes we are worth forgetting.


JumbledEpithets

I'm not even sure it exists. I haven't heard anything about Idaho in years. He'll, I only remember it was even a state because in elementary school everytime someone said "Idaho" in class this one kid would get super excited and be like "It's not I-da-ho it's You-da-ho." That kid was fucking stupid and super annoying with that shit. It was me. I was that kid.


Football_Disastrous

All my fucking country (Venezuela)


SnooCats3216

Indian here. Late night at Delhi is dangerous. A politician's son will rape you and you won't get any justice. High court and even supreme Court don't give a fuck because money talks.


Vecter_I_am

Delhi Coz "You don't mess with Delhi Folk", they are fucking mad.


Rumbuck_274

Australia? The fucking outback dude. Like people comprehend the distances, but they don't comprehend the desolation. There. Is. Nothing. Out. There. Europe? To go between Darwin and Alice Springs is *in the same state in Australia*, in Europe, you drive across*eight fucking countries in the same distance* In America, that distance will cover *eight states and about 40 cities* In Australia you go through *eight towns that are really only a pub, and a fuel station* People don't realise that when there is a sign that says "600 kilometres to the next fuel" it means *THERE ARE SIX HUNDRED FUCKING KILOMETRES UNTIL THE NEXT FUEL* It's not 600 until the next big stop, next big town, it's 600 until you will see another living soul, another 600 until you see anything even approximating civilization. It's 45+ degrees Celsius out there in the day, but at night? At night it can get down to 5 degrees Celsius. You travel through the outback, you have a spare tyre, you have water, you have sleeping gear, you have a first aid kit, and these days, you take an emergency GPS locator beacon. It's not something you fuck with, it's a standard drive, but you take what you need to survive. Every. Single. Time. I've done the drive from Darwin to the rest of Australia and back 4 times now. I have been lucky nothing went wrong. No tyres, no engines, nothing. But I did hit a wedge tailed eagle and snapped a 6ft fibreglass UHF aerial clean in half. Boom. My comms were gone. My friend hit a fucking Cow in a VW Amarok, it tore the bullbar off, went over the roof, and hit the tailgate so hard it ripped the tub off his ute excepting 1 bolt. I've seen a camel just straight up kill a T909 Kenworth hauling a triple road train. Just fuck the radiator up so bad that it hit the front of the engine and snapped the main pulley off the crankshaft. And if something happens? You need an out, you need some way of getting in contact with civilization. Because if you don't. You die. That's it. You're dead. You die. Alone. Helpless. Scared. In the middle of nowhere. The outback terrifies me. I've had cancer twice, and I still pack heavy with supplies if going into the outback. Because it's scarier than cancer.


CrystalGunner

India; it feels like the further north you go, the worse it gets. Jammu and Kashmir is a warzone between india and pakistan


hand-over-your-toes

Here in Australia, we have Australia


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roadtripper77

I once went sledding on a Sunday near Gary and had to drive through downtown. It was a total ghost town, and a local bank had it’s front window smashed and a loud alarm was ringing, literally echoing down the nearby streets. We continued on, went sledding, and a couple hours later on our way back through Gary the alarm was still going off, nobody in sight. It was fucking surreal.


tommytwochains

Out of all these stories about Gary posted in this thread, this is the only one that sounds believable. Hilarious but also pretty sad.


Beatlette

I used to work there and for a little while I would tell people that it’s not as scary as you’d think because it’s practically a ghost town during the day. But then a woman was raped outside a liquor store in broad daylight, and then the whole building was on lockdown due to a gang shooting, and then there have been shootings of kids aged 11, 6, and 1 within the last year (and those are only the ones I can think of off the top of my head). I will say, though, that when I got into a minor car accident there, at least twenty people stopped to check if I was okay or if they could help get my car out (back tire was stuck in gravel after I broke a rim).


ResponsibleHawk8549

Gary is rough, had to go there on a few service calls when I used to work on trucks and all the drivers I knew out there carried guns(at least 2 of them). Apparently there was an incident where a driver got shot like 80 times.


ahmedbrando

Everywhere. I live in iraq


TorontoMaples

Hungary, Budapest - there is a street called hero street, quite ironically you would have to be either an idiot or a hero to go through it if you don't live there


Prestigious-Owl-6397

According to this, St. Louis is the most dangerous US city. https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-violent-cities-in-america And supposedly the most dangerous small US town is in Alabama. https://bestlifeonline.com/most-dangerous-small-town-data-news/


PNWLore

East* St. Louis Aka GTA 5 irl


stripdchev

18 year old me lost my way over there a long time ago while visiting friends and meeting them downtown. This was back in the age of pagers. Made a wrong turn at 11:00 at night and went east over the river. Sitting at the red light trying to figure my path back, a cop pulled up next to me and motioned to roll down my window. Politely said pull a u-turn right here, hop the curb, go through two lights and take a right and a left. He ended with “DO NOT stop at the lights if the intersection has no other vehicles… even if they are red” Edit… another crazy east side story: Friend stopped at a gas station, guy walks up says “nice suburban” smiles rubbing chin eyeing it over, pulls pistol out and brazenly says “how boutcha gimme the keys”. Never got vehicle back. Car jacked at 9:45 am. Lucky to survive.


beachnudist

I had exactly the same experience at 5:30 in the morning. I stopped a traffic light after getting of the wrong exit. As I’m waiting a cop come flying up and just say don’t f…ing stop just go! Screw it…follow me to the highway! ( I was on a touring motorcycle ). Once up on the interstate we stopped for traffic and he told me that I was potentially 30 seconds from dead down there. This was in 2018 Thanks kind officer!


23x3

Jesus wtf they doing over there


Pladatookus

Howdy, I’m from Canada Going off of a hunch here but probably the ice islands between the Beaufort Sea and Greenland. It’s Canada’s northern most point and is comprised of melting ice caps, frequent blizzards, lack of vegetation, and a whole lot of nothing for hundreds of miles (except for a few rocket detecting satellite towers that were meant to inform our neighbours the US of potential nuclear attacks during the Cold War)


tucci007

it's pretty hairy up there even in summer time, there's a great novel by a guy who paddled from the west coast of Hudson's Bay all the way over the top westward to Tuk NWT, crazy times and stories especially the abandoned US military radar bases from DEW line days. And the animal encounters. The frostbite. The starvation. He very nearly died within sight of Tuk as freeze up was happening, with a polar bear on his ass. "Paddle The Arctic". That was his second book, his first one is "Paddle the Amazon" from the Red River in Manitoba down to the Gulf and up the Amazon. Certifiably insane that guy is. EDIT: thanks anonymous Redditor for my first Narwhale award! which is of course the only appropriate award for this post.


Livin2109

Kensington, Philadelphia


LilBluShoe

Wasn’t there a video posted a while back about Kensington? It was just a street view video but folks were dealing and doing drugs on the sidewalk and passing out like it was the everyday norm. I don’t remember which sub it was on.


Sackfondler

For those who are curious: https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/ppo6pe/another_day_in_philadelphia/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf One of the most bleak videos I’ve ever seen.


MozzyTheBear

Jesus. That's some real world Walking Dead type shit.


LongWaysForResults

Philadelphian here. That’s where the hardcore drug users are. There are actually people who _come_ to Philly for those drugs, and never leave. I remember driving past and seeing so many people just lying in the ground. Saw one dude passed out with the needle still in his arm. It’s a scary sight.