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Just standing out as tourists I'm sure. Americans, being fairly affluent, likely assessed as easy marks with cash, cards, nice cameras, and such. Americans also happy to stop and chat (which always annoys Euros for the most part), loudly asking in English where the beach/cathedral/museum/castle is...Living in Europe for years, I never got pickpocketed or mugged. People used crowbars to take apart our mailboxes in Geneva whilst I was heading out at 4am, and drug addicts did break into my apartment and shoot heroin whilst I was away, but never had these issues "in person". I sometimes wonder what tourists are doing to attract this magical criminal attention.
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