I love outside of Gary Indiana, and yeah it can be dangerous if you look lost or like you have no purpose for being there, but there's also good working people just trying to eke out the same shit living we all are. I hear my mom and sisters say this kind of shit and it's just like. Sigh

Edit; for some fun examples look on any reddit thread about dangerous trips or some shit and people will constantly talk about how badass they were for driving through Gary or St Louis or some shit.

It's not a warzone mayos.

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah I moved to a rural town from a major city and some of the mayos keep trying to engage me on "feeling safer"

    Like I'm sorry Carol but look at my butch ass. I do not feel safer being this visibly queer in a town of like 300 old white boomers flying Let's Go Brandon flags

    I'll usually talk about the times I almost got hit by cars in the city instead though, that shit isn't happening when rush hour traffic is four cars on main street

    • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I’ll usually talk about the times I almost got hit by cars in the city instead though, that shit isn’t happening when rush hour traffic is four cars on main street

      If may feel that way but you’re significantly more likely to die by car in rural areas than cities

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        2 years ago

        Oh undeniably, everything outside of town is a completely unlit 2 lane highway and the speed limit is functionally infinite. But like, walking to the grocery store in town is a totally different story