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Originally Posted by susie123
Norway's population is less than that of London spread over a huge area, and its biggest city has fewer than one million people. It is also very prosperous thanks to oil and gas and has universal healthcare and free schooling among other social benefits. When you are there it feels very safe and I could detect little or no sign of an underclass.
Perhaps these are some of the reasons why crime is so low.
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Ok ... if you don't like Norway as an example; how about The Netherlands with its dense population (like you guys in the UK; living on top of one another
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And let's look at the "fry'em" capital of the world: the US. Admittedly it has a population of 300 million +; but, it is spread over a huge area. It is prosperous, thanks originally to oil. It now has Obamacare. Free schooling, among other social benefits ... however, when you are there you don't feel safe. I think I'd rather walk thru Damascus at nite than take a nice stroll through downtown Detroit.
And yet, many on this forum often look benignly on the US criminal punishment system. They see it as an answer to violent crime. And, at the same time, they ignore the facts: the country with the highest incarceration rate, some of the most dangerous prisons in the civilzed world, and the death penalty in many states still has a crime rate that is through the roof. More than 10,000 people in the states were murdered by hand guns alone last year
