02-10-2026, 02:59 PM
(02-10-2026, 11:20 AM)HawkingsHalfpint Wrote:(02-10-2026, 11:11 AM)baggy1 Wrote: One thing worth pointing out from above is Proth's comparison of Detroit (pop: 650k) with Birmingham (pop: 2.7m) and London (pop 10m). Having been to a bigger but comparable city recently, Nashville, I would agree that it is cleaner but the safety is a perceived one due to the locations and knowledge of the areas. Detroit was praised in the press for having less than 200 homicides during 2025 (the 1st time in 6 decades) which when compared to c.500 for the whole of the UK says statistically you are much safer anywhere in the UK than anywhere in the US.
One of the big things that you have to recognise in the US is space - Tenessee is roughly the size of England with approx 10% of the population. Michigan is the size of the UK with about 15% of the population. Safety may be perceived from not being as densely populated but isn't a reality.
That difference in safety risk is embodied in one simple question asked by any travel insurance company - would you like your cover Worldwide excluding US and Caribbean, or including. If the risk were the same, they simply wouldn’t ask.
They've also got to factor in risk in US of ICE detention.
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