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.

    • Dr_Gabriel_Aby [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I was in Jburg South Africa for work once. Went fucking everywhere. The white suburb bar near Praetoria was of course the one time I felt threatened .

      Every black South African I met was extremely excited by white tourists, and hopeful we’d bring back positive stories, because they know they bring money instead of the security state with them.

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        The white suburb bar near Praetoria

        Very interested in which bar this is, as a South African. And yes it's generally safe to travel, I do it for work all the time, not every township = Cape flats, despite what you hear on the internet.

        • Dr_Gabriel_Aby [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          I can’t remember it was 2013, but it was a billiard bar and the fat white guys got so mad the girls I was traveling with didn’t want to talk to them.

          • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            Least weird bar experience on the strip in Hatfield.

            Was asking because I know a couple of these bars got busted for letting in underage clients and allowing them to party and drink. The scene over there is just weird, I think people like Jack Parow still perform there.