Robbery on Cote d'Azure

The rest of the people here on BP are polite!
I brought up here the fact thet where you have money, you have robberies, you can say that there are very few bugalaries int a home of a begger, and they will not get held up too often. Since than several people voiced the same oppinion, but with nicer wording.

BP Chuck

Chuck....you are the only one who referred to yourself as a cynic. Now you say you are not the only one. Who else is in these postings? I don't see it.

Al, you see I am not the only cynic!

BP Chuck

Unfortunately yes. As Willie Sutton said, "Go where the money is" when robbing a bank. People with an enormous amount of wealth gravitate to this area.

Gangs of cycle kids follow people in cars with foreign (e.g., Paris) license plates and big houses and boats. We have friends who were robbed of EVERYTHING including passports and money while eating on the terrace of their rental house.


Karen (who was robbed getting out of a car and going from the parking lot to a hotel in Nice).

The Police are so used to it, they don't even bother to take on-the-spot reports

Al, you are correct. Not the whole world, only where it is worth it. Yes, in certain respect I am a cynic (again sign of the times), just as Phillis's experience and the movies also show it.

BP Chuck

Common, Chuck, the whole world isn't identical despite the logic your posting tries to imply. As Phyllis has pointed out a certain area does indeed have a rep which I have heard of before . ..a few times. Rememner that b/w movie with the bills floating in the swimming pool

I spent a month in a very chic town along the cote d'azur not far from Saint Tropez. It surprised me that most of the apartments had bars on the windows and gates on the terraces, something I don't see in Paris. I was told it was because of the very high burgulary rate. I was attending a language school and we were advised to always keep our gates closed, even when at home. One woman I knew was robbed while sleeping, just like in the article.

I very much regret this incidnet, but (regretfully) I have to ask: do you or anybody know any resort place or city of any size that did not have some crime of violance??? Regretfully, this is the sign of the times.

BP Chuck

Last month there was a short travel bit on St.Tropez in the Subday Travel section of the NYTimes. It prompted the following response from a reader.

To the Editor: Regarding St.Tropez a Go-Go (July 31). We need to add another word to this litany of glamour,wealth,decadence and chic in this Cote D'Azur town. The word is thievery.

My family and I decided to live the life by renting a villa in St.Tropez last summer.We were robbed not once but twice in a three week period.

urgulars drilled a hole thru the kitchen door, absconding with watches,cash,computors,jewelry and cameras as the seven inhabitants slept soundly.

When we filed the police report,the gendarmes informed us that this was "re rigeur" and nothing could be done. Even the large hotels (the Byblos) are now employing guard dogs tto assist with security issues.

Just as we thought the worst was over,and our vigilance enhanced tenfold,we were struck again.

St. Tropez is an enchanting place.but beware,danger is lurking.We will not be returning to that part of the world soon.





Any BPers familiar with this neck of the woods have any comments to make about this?