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Lots of areas in Paris where you can't even walk around because it's too dangerous - the river is really the least of our problems.

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I am Parisian. Please enlighten me where those places are so I don't go. /s

Sure - Gare du Nord, Jaurés, Barbès, Cambrai, Goutte d’Or, all around Périphérique highway, and probably lots of other ones.

Here's a link to a "BeSafe" app to help you navigate Paris without being pickpocketed or shanked! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/besafe/id425631096

For the poor soul that had to read this, these are typical places people would answer. I literally walk through Gare du Nord every week at midnight and never even had a bad look. Sure, drug addicts and black market smokes, your typical poor area.

You are actually more likely to get mugged on the Champs Elysées or the 16th.

Is that from personal experience or hearsay?

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