• pasdechance@jlai.lu
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    23 hours ago

    When we first started dating in 2014 she really wanted to go to El Salvador or Colombia or Venezuela. Things have changed quite a bit in 12 years, and I wouldn’t call them dangerous compared to France now.

    • k0e3@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      5 hours ago

      An I misunderstanding what you’re writing? Those all sound more dangerous than France to me.

      • pasdechance@jlai.lu
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        6 minutes ago

        I work with a lot of internationals. I think those countries are more dangerous, but my colleagues and other contacts have told me that things have improved to the point that they are all similar. I haven’t ever looked into it. It could be a feelings thing: they live here and read the sensationalist headlines and assume France is more dangerous than their country of origin.