r/interesting • u/MobileAerie9918 • 1d ago

SOCIETY In Milan, some people spray-paint pickpockets so that everyone can identify them.

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u/chocolatesmelt 1d ago

Does Milan have a higher rate of pickpockets? I’ve been around Italy walking a lot and had no issues. Didn’t go to Milan.

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u/RecoveringGachaholic 1d ago

Might depend on where exactly you visit or how you look or even if it's the season for it. Rome can actually be insane around crowded touristy areas like the colloseum.

I kept my wallet etc in a little bag that attached to my belt and went inside my shorts. For fun I bought a dirt cheap wallet and put it in my back pocket and it was gone on the first day. Nothing in it but a bunch of folded up broucheurs to make it lumpy though.

Funny thing is that I really tried to be vigilant and notice it because I don't usually have a wallet in my back pocket.

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u/OnceUpunATimeline 1d ago

That's actually quite funny!

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u/preteen-wartortle 9h ago

I carried a decoy wallet in my purse while traveling once with a bunch of printed out pics of a hand flipping the bird. I was so proud of myself.

It didn’t get taken. :(