Global Q&A: ‘Do you feel your community is getting more or less safe?’

Viet Tran, Accountant, Houston, Texas, United States: It’s getting more safe. We have more neighborhood watches, more cops coming by. It's getting more safe for us. Less crimes are happening. I feel more safe to be able to leave the doors unlocked and not have to worry about stuff being stolen. (The Epoch Times)

Across the globe, some people feel safer with greater surveillance, but some live in fear and surrounded by gates and bars to ward off criminals. This is what Epoch Times reporters from the United States to Argentina discovered when they asked locals:

“Do you feel your community is getting more or less safe?”

 

Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question, “Have you ever done anything heroic?”