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Is it just me or do poor neighborhoods of the US have a safer vibe now and the suburbs like a distinctly threatening vibe? I live in a poor neighborhood and these days being somewhere like this and seeing like a gangbanger-ish car roll down the street doesn't make me nervous but a cop car definitely does kind of like how those same types of gangbanger-ish cars made me nervous when I was a middle class kid growing up in a nice neighborhood in the 2000s but police cars made me feel safe and protected. Like it's all switched for me. A few days ago I stayed a few nights at my dad's huge house in nice neighborhood and I was alone one night and felt extremely unsafe. I was so relieved to get back to my apartment alone in a poor neighborhood. Has anyone else had this experience of such a transition over the last twenty years or so?

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[-] yurgenst@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

A few neighbors including myself had our cars broken into in our driveways. None of us called the police, I personally didn't because I have a car in my driveway that is unregistered and I was worried they would give me a hard time. My neighbor just shrugged and said what's the point they're not going to do anything anyway. It's crazy that the cops are scarier than the actual criminals.

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