[unshavedyak]

Around where I live there’s a lot of addicts and homeless who use that as primary transport. I don’t want to generalize of course, but the camps here are frequent spots in the paper for bizarre murders and violence. It doesn’t feel safe being around unknown variables like that, for me at least.

[ghaff]

Any large city, there are (large) areas I feel pretty comfortable in, especially not in the middle of the night. And there are areas I generally avoid including in cities that I otherwise consider "safe."

I do think you need to be aware of the environment generally and, while there is always some risk (anywhere), you can alleviate a lot of it.

I'm very familiar with a large northeast metropolitan complex and there are places/times I wouldn't go but lots of places/times I would.