ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 day agoAmericans kinda don't like pickpocketing rulediscuss.onlineimagemessage-square342fedilinkarrow-up1766arrow-down114
arrow-up1752arrow-down1imageAmericans kinda don't like pickpocketing rulediscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square342fedilink
minus-squarepjwestin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 hours agoI grew up in New York City and now live in Boston and I’ve never encountered a pickpocket. I’ve been mugged three times and had a mentally unbalanced homeless guy punch me in the face unprovoked, but I’ve never been pickpocketed.
minus-squareRoopappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 hours agoAgreed. Grew up in dense East Coast cities in the 80s and 90s, pickpocketing was not a thing that happened.
I grew up in New York City and now live in Boston and I’ve never encountered a pickpocket. I’ve been mugged three times and had a mentally unbalanced homeless guy punch me in the face unprovoked, but I’ve never been pickpocketed.
Agreed. Grew up in dense East Coast cities in the 80s and 90s, pickpocketing was not a thing that happened.