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
Same, I was on the second floor too. It’s not ideal for people who get overstimulated easily I guess, I think cities are great for most people but I guess not everyone
Oddly enough I got overstimulated from my roommates cooking and clanking bowls and shit, but was able to block car noise out because it was so consistent and really just sounded like white noise.
I think it also make things better depending on what floor you’re on + how much noise insulation your apartment has. I live in a small town for the time being and am just counting the days to leave, our house is by a main road anyways so the traffic noises are just as bad