The tow­er of lon­don is not there to de­ter crime. They have a po­lice de­part­ment for that. Its main­ly a tourist at­trac­tion and why is it so hard for u to get your head around the idea of peo­ple hav­ing a good time? how is a stat­ue of a spi­der un­god­ly?

Crime in Eu­rope is much low­er than in the US; as for shell of its for­mer self, look at stan­dard of liv­ing and eco­nom­ic mar­kets as com­pared to US. And yes, Eu­rope is not just in­ter­est­ing, it is fas­ci­nat­ing and awe­some, for those with an IQ above 85.

Eu­rope looks like an in­ter­est­ing place.