no longer interested Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Now tell me honestly in how many capital cities can you leave a mobile phone in a terminal building and get it retrieved 30 minutes later?Not in the capital city of California, Sacramento you cant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taegan Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 ok, so I haven't lived in the big dangerous cities, but from my experience Perth is no different to where I stayed in RSA. There seems to be just as much theft, murders, armed roberies, hijackings, in fact maybe even more here in Perth than what I was used to.What???? Which Perth are you living in??? I have been here for 6 months and have not heard of any armed robberies, hijackings or murders! There was one story that I saw of a deranged guy that raped his elderly neighbour, but that's the only rape story I have seen! I don't know what channels you are watching or the papers you are getting, but it is not the Perth that I know! More than SA .... what the heck?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leigh MC Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 i did a search online the other day - looking for crime stats in Aus - out of interest. In 2006 there were about 18 500 murders in SA. (1500 less than in Iraq that year - which is at war).In 2006 there were about 800 in AustraliaPeople are rejoicing that RAPE stats are down to 54 926/year. That is 154 rapes PER DAY.That's all I'm saying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Aussie Posted May 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Hi.I'm the originator of this topic when I was still in SA. We've been here in Perth since 2nd March and never once felt threatened. I cab leave garage door open during the day and my kids run all over the place. I took the advice on the forum and rent a house north of the river. Whenever there’s a crime situation it’s more often than not happened in the south and their crime stats suggests exactly that. True, we do have crime but I can live with it as it’s mostly petty crime. No one gets killed or bashed. I do however feel slightly uncomfortable with the amount of Chinese in the city but I also have never seen any of them involved in crime. Just my opinion!The Aussies do however have a problem with their youth… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest May Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Hi Almost Aussie,I have heard that there are problems with the youngsters(no details), can you elaborate?(you pm me if you prefer.)May Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrica Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 The youngsters are rude and obnoxious with no manners, but from recent experience of certain South African youngesters , I think its a world wide trend.There are a fair amount of "hoons" that like doing burnouts , but then again someone posted that a certain South African Adults also like doing burnouts ....so who is to say. So where ever you go you will find a S.N.E.R.T - Snotty-Nosed-Egotistical-Rude-Teenager and W.O.M.B.A.T. - Waste of Money Time and Brains I dont think Perths problems come anywhere near the problems in South Africa, certainly there is crime - show me a town/city that does not have crimeCertainly, the youth misbehaved, show a country that has the "perfect" youthCertainly, there are drugs , show me a country in todays day and age that does not.Australia is not paradise , but certainly comes as close as you are going to get anywhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Aussie Posted May 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 I agree 100% about the youth problems.I was thinking the other day, that this is about as close as I would probably get to a peacefull and respectfull life in the world. Not pefect but as you say, but where in the world is it? I know NZ has less crime but even the NZ's I've met in Perth said that they won't go back to that horable weather. I also believe oppertunities in NZ are less, depending your occupation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerhardinOz Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 i did a search online the other day - looking for crime stats in Aus - out of interest. In 2006 there were about 18 500 murders in SA. (1500 less than in Iraq that year - which is at war).In 2006 there were about 800 in AustraliaPeople are rejoicing that RAPE stats are down to 54 926/year. That is 154 rapes PER DAY.That's all I'm saying...319 Murders in Australia in 2006. I t was slightly up that year. Still way less than SA. Have a look at this: http://au.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkujxwjJIF...igures_2007.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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