[shadowgovt]

As a visitor, London was absolutely lovely. I felt hands-down safer on its streets than the streets of my home city, for what it's worth.

Plus, hell of a good ramen shop near the West End.

[hitekker]

My girlfriend witnessed a robbery in London's city center ~2 weeks ago, in the second day of our visit. After that, we saw a homeless guy pooping on a wall; some of them screaming at others.

I didn't feel like I was personally in danger, but I'm also a guy who's lived next to American slums.

[jmcgough]

Basically every Western major city is becoming like this.

[charlezharper]

I almost had my MacBook stolen out of my backpack from me in London (Shoreditch) a few years in broad daylight - by a black person that didn't even speak English during the attempted robbery.

I'm from Africa so I'm born with the instincts that luckily prevented me from losing anything or getting hurt.

I was just visiting the UK for 3 weeks, but that gave me a perspective how bad immigration laws can turn it into something out of control.

Why does a place like Singapore, where 48% of its workforce are immigrants / expats - not have this problem.

It remains the safest place on Earth.

[defrost]

To add to your anecdata, had you visited London during the time of Dickens you would have had your possessions thieved by a charming raffish urchin that spoke English in a dialect you also wouldn't have understood.

[testdelacc1]

Ippudo? Bone Daddies?

[shadowgovt]

Kanada-Ya. Small and worth the wait.