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

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
    hexagon
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    1 year ago

    A guy got murdered in his car near a place I was working in Miami. I saw a guy pee on a burger king in LA.

    I'm sorry but the juxtaposition of these two made me chuckle

    • duderium [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Murder is literally the equivalent of urinating on private property. /s