Over the same period, such deaths declined in most other developed nations, according to United Nations data.
From the WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-deadly-1-5-mile-corridor-that-shows-the-fatal-flaw-in-americas-road-design-8f424579
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I went to America for the first time a year and a half ago. The biggest culture shock was definitely the horrible infrastructure. Second to that was the amount of dogs that weren't trained at all.
People talk a lot about feeling unsafe in areas like Tenderloin in SF, but being near any of the dumb, giant car traffic made me feel way more unsafe.
I've spent time in over 30 countries, including developing and emerging countries, and the US is by far the one I felt the least safe in.
What made you feel unsafe, specifically?
I am not the original poster but I would say the horrendously pedestrian hostile design of pretty every place outside some older neighbourhoods and central areas is one of them. But also the poor neighbourhoods feel dangerous, more so than in many other parts of the world (of course there are even worse places, South African cities for example, from what I have heard).
yeah. I foolishly thought that if I booked the hotel a hundred metres from where I'd be working, I wouldn't need a car. Nope.
Also something about the way the cops carry themselves make you feel less safe to see them, rather than more safe. And for a "land of the free" there seems to be so many rules and warnings absolutely everywhere just waiting to trip you up.
I'm reluctant to name individual incidents because the dynamic of forum posts suggests that some smartass will leap in to say "oh that never happens in your country?", but I can only relate my own experiences, e.g. beggars waiting at junctions going up to my car to ask for money, or a road rage guy in a huge truck that followed me many miles back to my hotel to shout at me for turning into the lane he was trying to turn into. Yeah it can happen in other places, but to me it happened in the US.
In total I've been to 10 different states, spanning a period of over a year, and concluded that the US is basically everything they accuse their enemies of being.
I see, yeah.
I hear (and see footage of) some pretty awful things happening in Mexico and Brazil as well. Those darn favelas. 🫣
Lemmy.
For sure, I feel like I'm going to get killed every time I bike anywhere even though I live in a low crime area