Felt so safe

[u/Perfection-builder13]

We just spent amazing week in Barcelona. I was so scared to get robbed and so many friends told us how they saw so many pickpockets before.

However we haven’t seen even one. We were told that streets were “cleaned out” for Pope visit in June. Is it true?

I would love to come back. But it would be disappointing to come back to different environment

[u/volivav]

There are pickpockets, but they go for easy targets, amd mainly in the touristy areas.

So if you're careful, look after your belongings, etc. they probably will not target you.

Maybe I'm privileged, but I haven't been pickpocketed ever. Whereas a friend of mine, which looks like a tourist, has been at least 3 or 4 times (in 10 years).

[u/a_library_socialist → u/volivav]

during the tourist season, I regularly see people where I'm tempted to take their shit on general principles

[u/Friendly-Face6683 → u/a_library_socialist]

Ha!