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

  • g_g [she/her, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    the other night i was walking home alone and a person asked me if i had a spare dollar. i said i didn't. they seemed happy that i even acknowledged their existence.

    that's my experience of living in basically the "warzone" city.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Now I must speculate. Perhaps LA, Philly, Chicago, or Oakland? You didn’t say so I’m not asking. Just having fun guessing.

      • ChaosMaterialist [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Clearly the whole San Francisco Bay Area is Escape from Silicon Valley with Snake Plissken.

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          • ChaosMaterialist [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Tell Peter Thiel it's promotional material for another Breakup California ballot initiative, and he'll financially back you.

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      • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        yeah I was thinking chicago or minneapolis tbh. It's astonishing how afraid certain people are of minneapolis since george floyd was murdered. Its a pretty tame city really.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Samsies. I was impressed with how many people who lost stores or property just shrugged and said "well it had to happen sooner or later".