Quote: (09-19-2018 03:38 PM)Kieran Wrote:
The terror threat and moped gangs are new and obviously something that really needs to be looked at, but the gang crime is nothing new and was much worse in the 90s. Media are just making it a focus currently. Same with the county lines thing. Gangs from my city Birmingham, as well as Manchester, were all over the country with organised drugs networks since back in the 90s. I'm sure London gangs were too. But if you read the news you'd think it was a new thing.
Also, some of the most dangerous areas I've seen are deprived white areas, so immigration isn't the only issue here.
Point is, the UK is still a really good place to live and the chance of any harm coming to you from this stuff is really low.
Are you native British English, Celtic if I may ask?