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

    • RedQuestionAsker2 [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Okay, thanks comrade.

      I guess I should have been clearer and not attached my opinion to someone else’s. For the record, I agree with you that these places need to be reimagined.

      This is the second time that I’ve had a similar conversation on Hexbear. From my perspective, I’m just saying I don’t enjoy cities, and I get a bunch of people telling me that, actually, I do like cities.

      I understand why that’s happening now.