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Originally Posted by Rain Man
I'm really curious about trends in feelings of security. I feel like a lot of people feel besieged any more, but most statistics report long term declines in crime. I theorize that it's sensationalized media coverage on a national level, and maybe hysterical social media on a local level. But at the same time, I feel like the trend started earlier than that.
I live in the middle of the city in a very nice neighborhood, and I've had people refer to my area as "the inner city" and state that they avoid driving there. The most dangerous thing here is maybe an occasional lawyer who is disillusioned at not making partner. I walk around here every day, and the worst thing that's ever happened to me was being hit by a French bicyclist. And yet there are people who are afraid to drive through the area on a one-time errand. It's bizarre.
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People from the suburbs with little to no experience living or spending a lot of time in a more densely populated area are not quite as understanding how it’s possible or simply don’t realize that really nice and not so nice areas can be in such close proximity to one another and it’s relatively normal. They are used to more space and as such more gradual transitions in quality of neighborhoods and surroundings.
But honestly in your particular area which seems to have a lot of French people, I think people are right to worry about going there due to the risk of Germans invading.