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Once away from the tourist trap areas, things are easier. Cruise ports are the worst, especially with rush hour density from 5 megaships.
In the cooler months I wear a trench coat with valueless stuff in the outer pockets.
A cab from the airport after a trans-Atlantic, trans Pacific flight tend to rip off the jetlagged, from a longer route to not having change. Get a whole lot of ones. I try to write down the cab plate and hack # inside.
I ignore people in non-English speaking countries who approach me in English.
Paris is a relatively safe city, as cities go, and recently, I was having a discussion with someone about places to be wary about traveling to and was told that the only place in the world that they felt unsafe was in….San Francisco. (And they were from Naples!) So anything can happen anywhere in the world and petty crime sometimes occurs in places where you don’t expect it, like museums, hotel dining rooms, and restaurants.
Sometimes it’s just bad luck. Other times, it’s a lapse of common sense. For example, if you wear fancy jewels or tote a pricey handbag on the métro, there is probably someone on there that loves your gold Rolex as much as you do..................Thieves scope out some ATM machines and have lightning-fast fingers. So once you enter your code, they will rush by, shove you aside, and hit the buttons for the highest amount of cash and run off with it. The way to avoid this is to use ATMs that are located inside banks whenever possible, during business hours. Or go with a friend and have them stand near you while you get cash out.
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