The poorest region in Osaka

Tokyo was names as the safest city in the world by The Economist, the world news magazine, with Osaka coming in a respectable third. 

 I doubt whether the magazine company investigated all regions in Osaka because there is Airin-chiku, which is known as the poorest and the most dangerous region in Japan. If they had known this fact, Osaka wouldn't have been ranked even within the top ten. Why is it so dangerous? 

This is because:

• 4'069 out of 30'000 are street people in the region
• So many day workers who can not be identified
• Even policemen stay away from the region
• A lot of street people collapse during the winter period because of sever coldness
• Sometimes, there are dying people on the street
• Many warning signs, meaning, the inhabitants don't follow rules
• Some people are going crazy because of starvation
  
  

If you research Airin-chiku (あいりん地区) on the internet, you will know more about the reality by looking at the pictures. It is also true that the city government of Osaka makes efforts to hide the existence of the region not to disgrace the other ones in Osaka.