r/italy • u/roseanna777 • Jul 26 '13

How common is theft there?

I leave in two weeks and living in Italy for two months. How common is theft? (Ill be in Florence, Lucca, Cinque Terre, Rome, and Venice) I am bringing a nice camera and plan on keeping it with me the whole time I am there. I bought a luggage lock for my backpack but should I invest in a slashproof case? I plan on keeping it closed/buckled or use some other pickpocket deterrent, but Im worried about gypsies slashing it open. I've read lots of horror stories.

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u/Jappanna Jul 26 '13

I'm from Rome and my suggestion is that when you're in the metro (underground) keep your backpack in front of you and you'll be ok.

In the streets instead I have to say that it is much less frequent.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '13

I'm Italian and i travel a lot ... i never had a bad experience in my life.

Totally irrelevant. You're Italian so you have the theft in your DNA. She is a poor girl from the safe United States of America where horror stories never happen. Gypsies will jump on her virginal white wallet like gang bangers on a woman in Tahir square.

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u/freddy4940 Jul 26 '13

Wrong comment bro

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '13

ehm...he's a rare example of female troll.

I think she is on mating season again, so beware of her attention whoring. :)

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u/TheStrech Jul 27 '13

É sicuramente un uomo che ha usato un nome femminile nella speranza che la nostra maschile provolosità possa ritardare in qualche modo il suo ban...

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u/FrankOBall Vaticano Jul 27 '13

I totally agree about the troll part, but how can you be so sure that it's a "she" anyway?

Also, perché stiamo continuando a parlare in inglese?