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"I Used to Be Able to Walk Around Freely After Dark"

I chat with Natalia, a woman from Moldova who has been living in Austria for more than a decade.

23/07/2024

Ruth Silbermayr
Ruth Silbermayr

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"I Used to Be Able to Walk Around Freely After Dark, but It Has Become Too Dangerous to Do So"

I ask her if she feels that Vienna has become less safe compared to the past.

She says: “Yes, definitely. I used to be able to walk around freely after dark, but it has become too dangerous to do so. I always take a cab now when I have to go somewhere after dark, and I do the same if I have to take my children somewhere. My husband thinks I am being weird; he doesn’t quite understand me. I have to tell him that Vienna is not safe for women anymore. Because he is a man, he doesn’t have this experience, but for me as a woman, it is obvious that it has become less safe.”

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