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

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    1081 year ago

    “Try that in a small town” oh you mean the suburbs where everyone is alienated and afraid and paranoid of their neighbor so they shoot a kid who’s basketball lands on their front yard? Yum, community spirit!