Van attacks people outside of mosque in London

[monocle_layton]

Scoobes said:

monocle_layton said:

It was an exaggeration. Am I however concerned for London? Yes, yes I am.

 

We forget that London is one city; the United States is a massive country. Seeing these sorts of issues occur more often in the past few weeks is concerning to me.

 

Even with everything going on in London you really need to put this into context.

New York City has a slightly lower population than London but you're still three times more likely to be murdered (in 2015 352 in NY vs 118 in London). The recent terrorist attacks only increase the average annual number slightly. It's really not that dangerous considering the population and London has weathered some far more horrifying terrorist attacks in the days of the IRA. 

Very good point. London is still a very safe city- I just get paranoid easily. Last thing I'd want to see is the murder rate in London increase to anywhere near the levels of New York/Detroit/Chicago.