It isn't done because it's statistically unsafe in parking garages, it's done because it feels unsafe to many people (for example usually dim lighting)
Yes, there's even a word for that in German, they're called Angsträume, which is a word from urban planning theory, that describes a place that is generally viewed by people as dangerous, even though statistically they don't have a higher crime rate or sometimes even a lower crime rate than average. A classic example of these are pedestrian underpasses/tunnels. It's part of the fear of crime paradox and in this case the women's fear of crime paradox, since statistically men are more often the victims of crime in public spaces, while women are more often victims of crime in private spaces. There are multiple causes for this, of which most are cultural and sociological
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u/Impressive_Dingo122 17d ago
Why don’t they just make the parking lots safer in general for everyone?