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by gunfighthacksaw 1531 days ago
> Why is this a surprise that cities are dangerous places?

US cities. Toronto, for its faults, is a large city which is very safe. Unless you’re a gangster.

I bet I could walk around Jane/Finch on my phone and have better personal security than the nice area of many US cities.

It’s sad that you can’t solve the problem as a nation, because IMO cities are the figureheads of a civilization. Look at Detroit. The Rome of High Modernity 70 years ago, now a rotten husk.