The guy was really really lucky, especially in Paris. I lost my wallet twice , but fortunately since I used to live in a small city (less than 100 000 inhabitants) I got it back.
But yeah, the subway or the train in Paris is absolutely not safe in general, avoid it if you can, rent a car or a bike, you'll enjoy the city way more if you are a tourist that way.
The Roma criminality certainly has to do with poverty, but I'm sorry they also have a specific culture and raised into a specific environment that favor criminal behavior. It's a disservice to dismiss it as "xenophobia" or something else when these people are heavily despised everywhere they go in Europe, and for obvious reasons. It feels like they don't even care about themselves and they have no self-love. There is more than 400 Roma slums around Paris, and when I say slum , I'm talking about the real deal, people leaving in "cardboard houses" in the middle of garbage. I don't think it's normal.
But yeah, the subway or the train in Paris is absolutely not safe in general, avoid it if you can, rent a car or a bike, you'll enjoy the city way more if you are a tourist that way.
The Roma criminality certainly has to do with poverty, but I'm sorry they also have a specific culture and raised into a specific environment that favor criminal behavior. It's a disservice to dismiss it as "xenophobia" or something else when these people are heavily despised everywhere they go in Europe, and for obvious reasons. It feels like they don't even care about themselves and they have no self-love. There is more than 400 Roma slums around Paris, and when I say slum , I'm talking about the real deal, people leaving in "cardboard houses" in the middle of garbage. I don't think it's normal.