[ceejayoz]

> Sure, Hyde Park is a bit of an anomaly in terms of being both highly violent and having things worth touristing for, but 'any large city has neighborhoods like that' doesn't ring true for me.

I live near a ~100k person city and a local legislator (from a very rural district) claimed they wouldn't go into the area without an armored car, to much mockery. My wife, at the meantime, was doing visiting nursing in the same neighborhoods. The worst interaction she had out on the streets was a family laughing (justifiably) at her parallel parking.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2016/10/28/...

(Same guy was later arrested for wire fraud and bribery. Concern about crime was projection, as is common.)

Every city has these stories. You'll hear gunshots (and there'll be a higher per-capita gun death rate) in rural areas too.

[jobs_throwaway]

> Every city has these stories

If you ignore rates, sure! NYC for example doesn't have near the same level of gun violence

[ty6853]

> My wife, at the meantime, was doing visiting nursing in the same neighborhoods

This is how they got to me.

I was working in a hospital in a 'meh' business area surrounded by a high-crime predominantly black neighborhoods. Sure you are generally fine at the hospital, or during day in the surrounding business district, but then you have to drive past that. The population we served noticed when I got a flat tire, because I was the only white face around at ~3am when my shift ended, and they moved in on their prey.

And that's how it works out. The tourist might be ok. The locals have to drive through bad areas sooner or later to work, get something they need, and when their vehicle fails they strike.