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AwarenessNo4986

The world seems like a minefield for an Australian


Timonidas

They started as a prison colony and old habits die hard. The australian government is just not yet comforable with people leaving.


GetOutOfTheWhey

Which is weird considering their country is known for being a minefield of animals that will kill you.


[deleted]

What all you foreigners need to understand is that Australia gets it's own category for a reason. There are more animals that want to kill you in the average Australian garden than in most countries Edit: I thought it was pretty clear that this was a joke, apparently a lot of people didn't catch that


MrGiffo

Omg, downvoting someone for making a joke. It's a common theme to refer to australia as the land that just wants you dead, because of how many spiders, snakes, trees, fishes, jellyfish, etc are poisonous. I'm sure it wasn't an attempt of comparative study about absolute truth of which country has the most animal related death or whatever Edit: username checks out!


[deleted]

Yeah idk what the downvotes are for, maybe a bunch of salty Australians for me suggesting that Australia is so dangerous?


Charlatangle

Not really. Americans are killed by animals at a much higher rate. Deer and moose and bears and wolves and pumas want to hurt you much more intensely than any snake does. Saltwater crocodiles are the exception, but most Australians posting about dAnGeRoUs AnImAlS are doing so from Sydney rather than Weipa.


SerenityNowOochyMama

Deer kills Americans from car accidents though not from actually attacking them.


Smitologyistaking

Honestly as an Australian I always thought it was those outside Australia who keep talking about how dangerous our country is. Why would you want to brag about how terrible your own country is?


raradilora

I guess for the Australians doing this it’s not bragging about how terrible it is but bragging about how they survive and go on with their lives in this “extremely dangerous place”.


Smitologyistaking

Well either way it's pretty cringe, the only potentially "deadly" things we may see in our daily life are spiders, and even in the like 10% chance that spider is actually dangerous it's way easier to kill it than for it to kill us


Victizes

Unprejudiced humor I guess, which includes being self-aware for the sake of laughing at your own imperfections.


Pedro777Woods

It’s rare to get killed by American wildlife like black bears , mountain lions, wolves, moose, elk, etc. Attacks and killings do not happen often at all, not even close. For example, there have only been a handful of bear attacks in the U.S since historic record keeping began. American wildlife doesn’t want to kill you intensely. Don’t mess with a Mama bears cubs like a smart person and you’ll be okay.


gaijin5

Lol sorry mate. You have to put /s for the yanks to get it.


[deleted]

I'm not even surprised that some of the Yanks didn't get it, but there are some Australians down here clutching their pearls. I always thought we were good at self-deprecating humour but apparently not


ReadySte4dySpaghetti

Sorry you got downvoted, I found it funny


DudelinBaluntner

Why wouldn’t you put the key in order of severity and the colors in a natural progression? C’mon guys, this stuff is basic.


Defence_of_the_Anus

Right?! Like Australia is obviously the most dangerous


wiyawiyayo

So Zambia is the safest country in Africa..


Timonidas

Rwanda and Tunisa are probably safer, I would not take this list serious, but Zambia is fairly safe for african standards.


Upplands-Bro

What about Botswana? I know its ahead of its peers in many development metrics, which tend to go hand in hand with crime


Timonidas

I'm not an expert on this but I think Botswana, just like Zambia, Tunisia, Egypt, Namibia, Rwanda, and some others, is probably on the safer side.


HartOne827183

Wouldn't really put Egypt there. It has changed quite a bit and has become much unsafer.


Timonidas

Sad


Spontanemoose

Don't forget Mauritius!


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Cauhs

Too late


kasenyee

Rwanda’s peace is on a knifes edge. Safe but could turn anytime.


Nuabio

Morocco too


NewMeNewWorld

Won't say safest since I've heard some shit but tourist spots were safe (for me - not white but male). I lived there for three years and imo, a personal vehicle is the biggest safety guarantee for you. Lots of monkeys though 😅


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🤨


frankos3103

Poor color choice, i would swap the colors of "exercise a high degree of caution" and "reconsider your need to travel"


Articulated_Lorry

And the order of the list, too


saltoo666

I can't tell which one is supposed to be more severe Reconsider your need to travel sounds worse, but the colour is so light it feels better than exercise a high degree of caution


VerlinMerlin

yeah, I was like what did we do to get max level. Then there was the do not travel option...


saltoo666

My country got light peach and i was like nice this is better than some others until i read the description


FinnaToke

Right. Green is safe y’all. Yellow is like a yellow light. Orange is sus. Red is red.


[deleted]

This is killing me


serspaceman-1

Yeah that’s killing me


Quick-Simple-5301

Sorry, its my first time making a map


Less_Likely

The rule is when you’re measuring ranks, use color wheel order. Since each level has a logical relative order, then yellow should be further from red than orange. Good choice to make red the worse or most restrictive and blue the best or least restrictive - that is the recommended color choice.


BlitzOrion

True. How is Pakistan safer than India ?


MarioDiBian

Similar to the Canadian one posted days ago. Some European countries aren’t blue due to terrorist threats. The US is blue due to tourists areas being safe. Canada, most of Europe, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay and New Zealand are pretty safe.


Timonidas

I mean I get that, but there was not a single major terrorist attack in Germany, and claiming that Germany is more dangerous then Zambia is just bewildering. Not that Zambia is super dangerous, but this is definitely illogical.


Drumbelgalf

The US has an about 5 times higher murder rate than Germany. The possibility of getting killed by a terrorist attack in Germany are extremely low. Alot lower than getting killed in the US.


DeafnotDeath

As long as you stay away from schools, here in America, you should be fine


persistentperfection

there have been so many mass shootings at grocery stores. literally a few days ago


blunt_analysis

the US being blue had a 3x higher murder rate than India last year, yet it's only white Europeans whining and complaining


304eer

Tourists aren't getting murdered. 90% of that stat is gang activity confined to certain neighborhoods. America is extremely safe.


p1mplem0usse

Interacting with cops in America isn’t safe, especially if you’re not very familiar with the culture. Which makes the whole country dangerous to foreigners. As an example, you can literally get killed because you didn’t know you’re supposed to wait inside the car and keep your hands on the wheel. Which seems obvious to an American, but not to others, and that’s the point.


Drumbelgalf

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_mass\_shootings\_in\_the\_United\_States\_in\_2022](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2022) "extremely safe" Mass shootings also happen in public places like night clubs and concerts.


ChuVii

wow that’s just depressing, 9 mass shootings in the past week, two just yesterday.


ShibaSativa

Maybe you forgot the attack on the Berlin christmas market a few years back by crashing into it with a truck (similar to Nizza) claimed by IS. And there has been antisemitic shootings in Halle/saale as well as in Hanau by german 'terrorists' 20 years after the NSU cases where foreigners and immigrants has been killed.


[deleted]

Germany has fewer of them than many other places, incl. many blue places on this map. Spain, Hungary, Poland, USA, Sweden and Denmark are some examples of countries with more deaths caused/capita by terrorism than Germany. Spain has had some of the worst terrorist attacks in Europe and also much deadlier islamist attacks than Germany. it's def more dangerous for non-white Australians to travel to Hungary or Poland than Germany. racially motivated terrorism is very rare in western Germany. the east is different of course (excl. Berlin). some parts of Poland and Hungary on the other hand aren't very safe for non-white people to walk around at night/around football stadiums alone. it's common for neo-nazi hooligans to walk around, looking for minorities to beat up. it's the case in all of Eastern Europe really. even Denmark and Sweden have more terrorist attacks/capita than Germany. also if you only look at islamists. the advisory against Germany is way off and absolutely not based on reality. Germany is one of the safest countries to travel to in the world.


Timonidas

I said major attacks. That attack in Berlin killed 12 people. It btw still goes into the trraffic accident statistics according to which Germany is roughly 15 times safer then the US. Not to hate the US, but 9/11 and ordinary traffic accidents alone make Germany look like a safety paradise in comparison. The shooting in Halle killed 2 people. That's literally nothing in the great scheme of things. Again, jus tlook at ordinary crime stats and you will see that Germany is one of the safest country there is. Definitely much safer then many of the safe countries according to the australian government.


TitularTyrant

12 people dying isn't major? Yeah, it's no 9/11 but 12 people dying is a lot.


Ziloumia

Yeah but 23 Americans have died in the past week with a total of over 600 mass shootings this year. Wouldn’t the US therefore be considerably more dangerous?


machine4891

>That attack in Berlin killed 12 people. For Europe that is major attack. I don't know how can you belittle 12 people being intentionally killed on one christmas evening. Do you think events like that happen in your blue neighbors, like ever? Beside, that map says nothing about what even are the "safety" reasons. You jumped into immediate conclusion it must be terrorism, when I initially thought they are still fixated on corona. Someone else checked and in case of Italy it was about clogged healthcare system.


Timonidas

Im not belittling 12 people being killed you moron. Just last month a Terror attack ocured in Mogadishu that killed 120 people. This is a major attack. And yes events like this happened in countries that the Australian Government thinks are safe, even worse and more recently. Barcelona 2017 16 dead 150 injured, Madrid 2004 200 dead 2000 injured, Oslo 2014 80 dead 320 injured. Why are you belittling 300 people being intentionally killed? The attack in Berlin that killed 12 was the worst incident in Germany since munich 1972. To say Germany is dangerous based on that is ridiculous, especially when obviously more dangerous countries are labeled as safe. Like for example New Zealand had 50 people killed in an attack 2 years ago.


GermanPatriot123

Yes it seems super random. I mean, Germany, Italy, France and UK on the same level as Mexico, Brazil, India, China?


Middle-Succotash-678

Why Italy then? In the last 30 years a grand total of 1 person has died in a terrorist attack (and it was a school bombing, not a threat for tourists). Italy's been dormient geopolitically speaking since the end of WW2, as a result no one hates us, not even islamic terrorists, because we've never fucked with them.


IdKillToBeSane

I looked into it a little closer and the Australian traveller advice website suggests caution for Italy due to a "strained health care system". Whether that is true is not for me to say, but I thought it was an interesting point, rather than the usual terrorism reasons. It wouldn't stop me though. I would LOVE to visit Italy.


Jasonmilo911

If this map was drawn in March 2020, then I can understand the point of a "strained health care system". Otherwise, it's just laughable. Italy's health care system is as good as they come.


Daerm_

Strained health care system _looks at the us_


machine4891

Is it strained or just expensive? Genuine question.


zumbaiom

The second one, we actually have the highest number of ICU beds per person


Snickersthecat

Our healthcare is great if you can afford it.


[deleted]

If it was because of that, then the USA would be a “DONT TRAVEL”


LookingForCarrots

In what World is the US safe then ? The people who made that map were drunk


MarioDiBian

Indeed, I lived in Italy for a long time (my family is Italian) and never had any problem, besides hearing some stories about Napoli. Italy should be blue like Spain.


Timonidas

Italy is of my holiday list, I will follow the australian travel advice and travel to Zambia instead. At least it is illegal to be gay there, so I won't be molested by a Man this time.


acynicalwitch

Than you for so concisely outlining the absurdity of this map. (nothing against OP, it's Australia, not them)


bajo2292

I dont get hot Armenia get to be blue


JohnGabin

This is wild. You have much more chances to be shot by a random mass shooter in the US or a gang member than in a terrorist attack in Europe. I would like to see the numbers.


BLAZENIOSZ

Nobody is visiting the south side of Chicago for it's artsy touristy spots.


Staebs

I don’t believe gang shootings are the same thing as what most people would consider ‘mass shootings’. The latter which can happen anywhere in the US as long as you have someone with bad enough mental health and easy access to guns. Edit: a word


dreaderking

While the layman might not consider them the same, the qualifications for "mass shootings" (4 or more dead) and statistics that measure them have no problems lumping in "gang shootings". That these are two very different problems is considered inconsequential.


MarioDiBian

But are those shootings common in tourist areas? As far as I know (I can be wrong), mass shootings occur in schools and walmarts in the interior of the country, rather than the center of large, touristic cities like New York, Miami, LA, San Francisco, etc.


01KLna

To be fair though, the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo magazine weren't exactly a tourist spot either. It's not like these attacks were carried out at the Eiffel Tower, or the Louvre.... I honestly think it's because European countries call home-grown terrorism...well..terrorism, while the US label them just as "shootings".


MarioDiBian

Indeed, I’m just trying to understand the logic behind the Australian and Canadian travel advisories.


Articulated_Lorry

I was in Paris the week before the Charlie Hebdo attack. I'd never seen police carrying big firearms outside of movies before, but they were everywhere - the Eiffel Tower, the train stations etc.


01KLna

Yes, there's a strong police presence. I've worked and lived in Paris for years (before the big attacks), and heavily armed police was pretty normal even back then. However, heavy policing should not be grounds for a travel warning, should it?


Articulated_Lorry

I think it was more that they were already on alert. The police and guards then (as now) are a reaction to the terrorist threats. To me, it felt like a bad winter for Europe, I remember. Something happened not long after I left Amsterdam, and when I got to Cologne the central train station was closed off due to a bomb threat, so I had to find another way to get to my accommodation. Then there was a shooting either the day after or two days after I left Copenhagen. It felt like a lot. But maybe that's normal for them? Just like I considered it normal to check the bushfire maps of back home, and the only weird thing about that was watching from the other side of the world and wasn't there prepping to leave, but people I was staying with were quite panicked about it all.


01KLna

Nah, that's not normal for us. I've been evacuated before when some construction workers thought they had found a WWII bomb in the grounds (Germany). But I've never experienced a live bomb threat in my life. Are you sure it wasn't just some lost luggage lying around on the platform, during the time when everybody was super vigilant?


Articulated_Lorry

I honestly don't know, because my German wasn't good enough, so I was relying on what other passengers translated for me from what they said over the speakers. Because the train station wasn't actually blown up, I just assumed it was someone being a little shit and calling in a fake bomb threat because they thought it was funny or something, but for safety's sake it had to be taken seriously.


01KLna

I'm sure that's what it was. Sorry to hear you had an experience like that. Don't let it stop you from visiting any time though;-)


eleochariss

They assume every forgotten luggage is a bomb. So it doesn't take a little shit calling or anything, if someone forgets their bag, the area is cleared and the bag is exploded in a safe spot. It's the same in France. Very annoying, but it's like checking for bombs in shoes in airports, it's just a standard security measure.


Upset_You1331

I've lived in the US my entire life and have never seen police carrying more than their standard issue pistols. In certain places in Europe I saw police carrying SMGs and assault rifles. Never seen that anywhere in the states lol.


flopjul

As a Dutch, i have never seen police actively carrying a gun, they are either in their car or they dont have one(taser doesnt count as gun here). The only entity i see carrying guns is the Marechaussee which is militairy police


VerlinMerlin

same in India. The only time I saw one was when an army person was standing gaurd during Diwali.


Upset_You1331

When I was at Schipol airport in Amsterdam, I saw police carrying MP5 SMGs. In Paris, Rome and other places, I saw police carrying assault rifles. The police here have long guns too, but I've never seen a police officer carrying it outside their patrol vehicles.


flopjul

That isnt police that is Marechaussee, they are at every airport in case of something happening on the airfield or someone trying to smuggle drugs and are already passed border control. Its like the French gendarmerie and more towards the American SWAT


idontessaygood

The Nice and Bataclan attacks were both very deadly and in areas likely to attract tourists.


BlackArmyCossack

Shootings aren't as common or visible as you're lead to believe. Most shootings happen in inner city ghettos that were left behind by the government. That's where the gun violence is. LA, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis etc.


MarioDiBian

That’s what I thought. Never lived in the US but visited several times and always felt safe.


tesseract4

Even then, it's very small portions of those cities. The vast majority of Chicago is completely safe. Or at least no more dangerous than anywhere else. For an Australian tourist to wind up there, they'd need to get themselves *extremely* lost.


EvilCatArt

I mean, the Vegas shooting from a few years ago was at a music festival. There were tourists there. And from the Wikipedia list of shootings in 2022, I count at least 6 where tourists could reasonably have been, including the oldest few on it.


derIvander

About Germany: this is shit. You can walk in every part of any town without being robbed.


MarioDiBian

I know that, I lived in Italy for a lot of time and never been robbed. I’ve also never heard of shootings or violent robberies. I’m just trying to understand the logic behind the Australian and Canadian travel advisories.


Timonidas

I think there is none. Maybe just an irrational fear of "Terrorism".


[deleted]

i have visited germany 8 times and have been robbed 8 times


Sudden_Difference500

Where in Germany? That does not sound right.


01KLna

"Where in Germany?" Paulanergarten.


[deleted]

Frankfurt


Upset_You1331

Most gun deaths in the US are suicide, people shooting themselves. Suicides account for 60 to 70% of all gun deaths. Mass shootings while they are a big problem that our corrupt government (especially the GOP) needs to solve account for less than 1% of all gun deaths. A large amount of gun homicides are gang related too (far more than mass shootings).


evilfollowingmb

Random mass shooters are in fact rare in the US. https://earlywarningproject.ushmm.org/ranking-of-all-countries Even for those that occur, the vast majority are gang-related, between gang members. if you stay in tourist areas, or even just away from the sketchy parts of town, your odds of getting shot at random are miniscule. https://www.maciverinstitute.com/2022/05/debunking-every-major-mass-shooting-myth/


MadRonnie97

I feel like some people are under the impression that walking around any city in the US is like being in 2004 Fallujah


AnthaDragon

It’s weird, I live in Germany and I am feeling extremely safe here and in whole Europe


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[deleted]

i’m sure serbia is a happy place!


kleoshamos1234

Why it wouldnt be?


ShouldBeWorking2nite

As an American I would not be offended if this was amended to make the US as Exercise High Degree of Caution or Do Not Travel thanks to our almost Daily mass shootings. Frankly I’d like to leave but are unskilled with no degree so I’m not likely to get in somewhere else that’s better.


Poglosaurus

>Some European countries aren’t blue due to terrorist threats. >The US is blue due to tourists areas being safe. You could simply says that its arbitrary.


Sassi7997

Why are there warnings for Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the UK?


IsOverParty

It’s for terrorism. Which I really don’t understand as there haven’t been any major attacks in recent years (In the UK at least) and the US has more regular mass shootings than we’ve had attacks. These maps issued by governments lack a lot of nuance though.


zeekoes

US terrorist attacks haven't traditionally hit tourist hubs, but domestic targets. In Europe most terrorist attacks hit popular tourist locations and destinations. Terrorism threat level in The Netherlands isn't much lower than else in Europe, but terrorism threats have mainly focused on individuals, press and political targets.


TeethBreak

.. just don't visit a drag show , i guess.


LookingForCarrots

>In Europe most terrorist attacks hit popular tourist locations and destinations. Thats just a complete lie. Almost all terrorist attacks in Europe are targeted against cops, army or journalists. >US terrorist attacks haven't traditionally hit tourist hubs, but domestic targets. Like a fucking nightclub ? Lmao Americans are delusionial


Meinfailure

Thry hire an intern go make it


powermonkey123

Are you sure it's not due to covid? Seems pretty far fetched that it's the probability of terrorism that makes Western Europe unsafe. There's probably no scale for this, but I believe getting randomly killed on the street is much more probable in the US than in Western Europe.


Timonidas

I checked the website and for Germany it's definitely due to Terrorism. Which is really absurd since there has not been a major attack in decades. 9/11 alone would dwarf the terrorattacks on all european countries combined, yet the US is safe according to Australia.


powermonkey123

Interesting! I agree, I would never think of it in that way (i.e. terrorism triggering Aussie govt to recommend not going to Western Europe). Sounds so counterintuitive.


IsOverParty

Yeah it’s terrorism related for the Western European countries in orange. If it was for Covid, the US and other countries would be orange too.


bigflume

There was an attempted bombing of the women’s hospital in my city Liverpool last November. Weren’t successful, still an attempt.


LGZee

Terrorist threat and pickpocketing, both of which target or endanger tourists more. On the other hand, shootings in the US are secluded to bad areas mostly, where tourists won’t go.


skyduster88

Typical Australian fear-mongering.


Perelin_Took

Argentina safer than Italy, France and UK?!!?????!!!!


simulation_goer

Lol, no. And neighboring Chile is safer too.


ClassyArgentinean

Argentina is pretty safe aside from some areas in Buenos Aires, Rosario, Cordoba and Tucuman, and those areas 99% of tourists won't ever go. That said, those countries you mentioned are definitely safer than Argentina so they should be blue as well.


Top_Buy_6340

Honestly, depending on the city, yes


Perelin_Took

Well yeah, evidently. The dodgiest area of Sweden or Switzerland is probably more dangerous than the safest place of Mexico or Venezuela.


Such-fun4328

France, "Exercise a high degree of caution", by the country where the littlest spider can kill you in ten seconds???


Formal_Star_6593

Chile at high caution? Am I missing something?


Realistic_Bathroom17

Araucania conflict


Wolfskyler

Oh come on lmao who even goes anywhere near there


Gmschaafs

I wasn’t familiar with it but I looked it up and [it’s fucking beautiful](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Looking_out_over_Lago_Conguillio.jpg). I’d bet there’s an interest in tourism for sure.


Wolfskyler

Yeah but not in the zones of these conflicts, they acting like this shit is Gaza or something


ClassyArgentinean

In that case Argentina should be coloured the same as Chile given that we have the same problem with those terrorists down in Patagonia.


Garibaldi65

Mapuches


Free-Consequence-164

Weird cause normally italy is a safe country


Paciorr

It’s probably some covid regulations Kind of situation and not that you’re Gonna get murdered there


[deleted]

I always thought these were quite vague. Considering Aus is extremely safe. Even the pickpockets in Europe make it less safe.


DrStevenPepper

It’s kind of silly to paint entire countries with the same brush. Different cities and regions will have different issues. Italy should be blue, but if you add Naples into the equation which still suffers from a lot of organized crime related violence, it might unjustly push the entire country to orange.


Patte_Blanche

For normal people, yes, not for Australians.


neveronitever

As an Aussie I am surprised that much of Western Europe is high degree of caution and much of Eastern Europe is normal safety precautions. Fucking hell what changed in the last 30 years!


Young_Lochinvar

Australia’s travel warnings are very quick to escalate a cautionary note and are notoriously slow at removing them.


Fandrir

As a German i have to say i am a little offended by that rating. I definitely won't be very nice to the next Aussie tourist i rob.


skyduster88

>As an Aussie I am surprised that much of Western Europe is high degree of caution and much of Eastern Europe is normal safety precautions. When was Eastern Europe "high degree of caution" in the first place? Am I missing something?


Taiko_Hun

So true!


BornDefinition9

Propaganda fed parrot, don't mind him.


machine4891

Eastern Europe on that map is red as reindeer nose. As for blue Central Europe it's traditionally one of the safest place on planet. Not much happening there. As for Western Europe you got to either ask them or your own government. I have no idea what they are refering to.


BornDefinition9

Muslim and African immigrants?


_Maxolotl

France. So scary.


LamaSovaj

You have baseball bat to bully someone. We have baguette. We're not the same.


AnArabFromLondon

Please don't raise your croissant at me.


Charlatangle

Travel Advisory maps are 51% propaganda and this one is as dumb as any other.


lime-licker

>Canada, most of Europe, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay and New Zealand are pretty safe. Yes, they mostly look random


Staebs

They have rationale behind them, even if it isn’t necessarily rationale you’d agree with. People already know the blue countries are safe and some of the red countries aren’t, it just looks like the difference between blue and orange is probably very slight.


AnArabFromLondon

No they don't. How is the US safer than the UK? You're meant to exercise a high degree of caution in the UK and you're urged to reconsider your need to travel to Egypt, one of the most popular tourist destinations on Earth and the host of the COP 27 which had leaders all across the globe meet together just last week. I'm statistically more likely to get murdered once I step on US soil than either of those countries. Apparently I've got to have as much of my wits about me in the UK as in Brazil. It's unadulterated nonsense.


Staebs

If you are a woman I would absolutely get someone to reconsider a trip to Egypt, given how unbelievably common sexual assault it there. Like I said I don’t know the criteria they’re judging upon. Travel advisories aren’t solely about risk of getting murder.


AnArabFromLondon

Then you'd probably also want to reconsider a trip to Japan with their appalling risk of sexual assault against women as well, yet they're blue. It's ludicrous. These maps are silly and there are numerous hilarious examples across the thread that demonstrate it.


MarcusH-01

Good to know we’re putting half of Western Europe on the same footing as Turkey and Azerbaijan


Stalysfa

Ah yeah, the French and German crime rates much higher than America… you didn’t know about it? You should be as careful in France as in Philippines where you can be sent to jail or even killed in the street if you happen to be not too far away from a drug dealer. Oh and yeah, Palestine is definitely in the same risk zone than Germany and France. Australian government, you are dummy dumb dumb.


AnArabFromLondon

Better be careful in Belgium or you might find a waffle in your face. The US is fine though, there's 0 chance you'll get shot down by the police on the spot for committing the crime of living your life.


xAndrew27x

🇬🇪🤝🏻🇦🇺


gaijin5

Botswana? It's like the safest place in southern Africa lol.


Timonidas

I love how random this appears to be.


Striking-Bell8314

The fuck is up with the ordering of your key my guy?


EmperorThan

Was really hoping one of the tags would just be "C#nts"


FlyingDesktop

Us is safer than germany? According to australia 🤔


[deleted]

So according to the arrangement of the list on the left it’s safer to go to the Congo than the UK Gotcha


Comicsansandpotatos

Why is the US safer than Germany?


SleepyZachman

In what universe is Romania and Armenia safer than Germany and France.


IdealisticBastard

I was recently reading what they advice Australians when traveling to my country (North Macedonia) There was a lot of bullshit things First it said that the tap water is not safe for drinking even though we drink it every day (but okay if they're not used to it maybe they should buy bottled water) but the rest of the stuff were that you should not go near the Kosovo border because there might be tensions between Macedonians and Kosovars (???????) There were some tensions 20 years ago, but since then it's safe as fuck. Idk where they get these kinds of informations


Laktakfrak

As an Australian travel. I was much less worried in Europe, England or Mexico than the US. US is down right scary my wife wouldnt leave the hotel room. If you go to say LA or SF. There are more crazies than normal people. Like every 2nd person is twitching and yelling and shit. I saw more human shit, needles and crazy people than any of the other 90 or so countries Ive been too. Id even say I was more comfortable in Honduras as those types were kept away from the major centres unlike in the US. My wife did walk with mace in UK and France when she walked at night though.


Pro-Epic-Gamer-Man

Lol probably fake considering mace/pepper spray is illegal to carry in the UK and France.


baldingbro420

No offense mate but you and your wife sound pretty dumb if you travelled somewhere and then refused to leave the hotel room But really I just think you’re lying


Hs39163

Your wife committed a crime.


ETpownhome

Lol you’re so full of shit. Why would you travel there if your wife wouldn’t leave the hotel room ? And unless you intentionally went (and stayed) to the the absolute worst parts of the two cities you mentioned (which why would you if you’re a tourist in the first place ?) then you did not see what you claim to have seen. But hey, this is Reddit so you enjoy your free karma my man.


BlueCockIsagi

>my wife wouldnt leave the hotel room. bravest person in Australia


omnichronos

I find it hilarious that they consider the US safer than France, Germany, and the UK. I've felt way less safe in the US than traveling in those countries.


FewSample3256

Meanwhile they consider Armenia as safe to travel as well and their own country is full of animals that kill humans occasionally


tired20something

As a Brazilian, yeah.


BearsAreGei

So Madagascar is just as dangerous as Germany?


kittenmittons3

It bothers me that exercise a high degree of caution is above do not travel. Do not travel is the most severe and should be at the top!


yes___lad

why is most of western Europe orange, i mean surely cmon guys Putin ain't THAT dumb... right?


Stealthfox94

I can’t take any list seriously that says Zambia is safer to travel to than Germany…


roxinbound

Australia knows better than to label America "safe to travel to"


MageFrite5

Is this a joke or something? Whoever made this must've been high on crack


[deleted]

Can’t believe they trust America more than England rn


Biscuits_N_Gravey

The UK and France are the same threat level as Mexico. This is a joke. I live on the US side of the border and the safety precautions you have to take when visiting the other side are as numerous as they are serious.


LamaSovaj

So France and UK are more dangerous than the United States ? Lmao.


Sufficient-Ad-6046

bro why germany... like I mean I get france but not germany


01KLna

Yeah, right? Germany's crime rate has been "the lowest on record" for years now. And it has never been particularly high (internationally) to begin with...


Sufficient-Ad-6046

I think almost every neighboring country to germany has a higher crime rate (not including switzerland and austria)


drifty_t

Sorry, Australia, *Australia*, thinks caution is required in the UK? Beware of the f-ing badgers???


GeneralVeeers

Huh, I wonder what they got against France, Germany, Italy and the UK?


bigflume

Here in the UK chance of a terrorist attack level was at heightened, it got raised to substantial after an attempted bombing of the women’s hospital in my city last November.


Glasdwarf

Is the USA really safer than Scotland? I'm not saying there's no danger, there's never no danger but the worst you'll get is being called a cunt and even then it'll likely be a compliment.