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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[–] eatmyass@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s not even cities. There are small towns near me that are poorer and more Latino/Black than the surrounding area, and conservatives (and liberals lol) will routinely refuse to go there.

My friend needed something from a cvs once, and I said oh I’ll drive you to the one in [town], and he goes bro, it’s 9pm, I don’t want to get shot. Like holy shit I cannot imagine having these brainworms.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

It always comes down to us-foreign-policy