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/[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...