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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VeraGabriele" data-source="post: 3256239" data-attributes="member: 152117">Some broad categories.UK:- a lot of drunken street brawls 'cos you looked the wrong way, looked at my GF's bum etc.Europe (Italy, Belgium, France, Spain, not northern Europe) :- a lot of street violence usually associated with robbery. 2 aspects:- 1) a lot more immigrants and unemployment driving economic need to rob to survive 2) greater organised criminality and vendetta culture e.g. Italy and southern France particulalry Marseille and Corsica.US:- wanten gun crime, for no particular reason beyond "the right to bear arms".Philippines:- a lot more knife violence, as greater tolerance for carrying edged weapons than Europe.After a while, these aspects become part of the culture.</blockquote>