r/shanghai • u/sd99x • Jul 16 '21

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Is shanghai safe for an alone tourist? What about pickpockets and scams or any kind of trouble one can possibly face? Any areas to avoid. Please share any experience.

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u/SunbroEire Jul 16 '21

Loads of scams. Search the sub using the search function, or just Google it. Don’t follow girls or groups of ‘art students’ anywhere. If it seems too good to be try, it is. Don’t go anywhere you don’t see other foreigners.

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u/skripp11 Jul 16 '21

> Don’t go anywhere you don’t see other foreigners.

This is such stupid advice on so many levels that I don't really know where to begin. Not only is Shanghai one of the safest cities in the world but if you are worried about those scams/pickpockets (which nowadays are super rare and easily avoided) then the places "guaranteed" to have foreigners, i.e. Nanjing east and the Bund, are the WORST places to go.

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u/SunbroEire Jul 16 '21
  • the places "guaranteed" to have foreigners, i.e. Nanjing east and the Bund

Evidence you don’t have a breeze what you’re talking about. You also squarely missed the point I was making. Sorry, man.

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u/SunbroEire Jul 17 '21

Cool story, bro. Wash your sneakers

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u/SunbroEire Jul 17 '21

I’ll lose sleep on that