I've lived in a big city for years now. Never seen anybody get mugged, or shot, or carjacked, despite doing activist work that often has me visiting poor minority neighborhoods.

The only time I ever really felt uneasy was when I had to walk alone at night through a neighborhood where all the businesses had bars on the windows. Worst thing that happened was a couple of people asking me for money, and they didn't give me any shit when I said I didn't carry cash.

But any time I visit the small town where I grew up there's always someone or another acting like I came back from a fucking warzone lmao

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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not far from where I live in Californoria, if you go a little outside the Bay and down into the Central Valley, there are vast vast fields of basically nothing where if you drive far enough you'll see a massive shopping center surrounded by nothing but asphalt and parked patrol cars, with a towering multi-tier sign of all the big chain restaurants that can be found there when you're done shopping for shower curtains and boating supplies.

That's the only kind of place chuds feel fully comfortable around. grillman