i cant comment on how dangerous italy is cause ive never been there, but the us i can. in new jersey we have so many violent cities, and by violent i mean that you have the opportunity to be robbed,assaulted ect for no reason other than the wrong place wrong time. places like newark, patterson, elizabeth, jersey city, trenton, camden, even asbury park to a lesser extent have areas that if you are white you are almost guaranteed trouble. another area that doesnt get enough regognition as a crummy area is las vegas. im talking off the strip. i lived there for a few months and saw so many assaults and robberies in my first week there that i knew it wasnt gonna work out and i slacked off at my job big time its real uneasy living in an area with so much crime going on at any given time that there simply arent enough police to deal with it all.