Comment by seanmcdirmid

Europe always seemed to be tougher on crime than America. Like, you get caught doing or even dealing hard drugs in the states, 9 times out of 10 nothing will happen, especially in west coast cities. But do that in France (or more intense, Switzerland)? The police are plentiful and they come down fast so that small things (like shoplifting) don’t turn into big things. America is just weird, we actually are really permissive to a lot of smaller crime and aren’t putting someone in jail until they actually kill someone. It’s law and order but not really, definitely when compared to Europe.