How did this come about where you just walking out the shop or something?
He was in Edinburgh.
When he said "safe town", I thought he meant like Shrewsbury or something. THAT would have been shocking.
And yeah, it is rather scary that Edinburgh is a good deal safer than many places in the world. I remember being warned in Kenya to stay off the roads at night because you'd be robbed by men armed with assault rifles. At least that's not a concern on the A8.