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

  • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    41
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Also, if cities are so bad, then why are property values in cities SO GODDAMN HIGH!?

    I live in a rural shithole because I’m too poor to afford anything else, and trust me, I feel plenty unsafe around so-called “good 'ol boys” who can [redacted] someone and then get it away with it. If you don’t like it, you’re seen as the weirdo.