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Have you notice how the general opinion is that people getting hit by cars somehow deserved it? My best friend was hit by a text-and-drive kindof woman. He was an athlete and now he can't walk more than a few hundred meters.

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And you feel like you need a hammer?

I’m just trying to gauge the roughness of your area, it seems you don’t want to be specific which is fine.

I live in Manchester in the UK, healthy level of gangs, knife crime etc. yet I’ve never felt the need to walk around with a hammer. Like I’ll walk through moss side with no issue.

I guess my point is I am wondering if you’re just being worried about nothing or you’re living in hell.

[-] wildcherry@slrpnk.net 7 points 9 months ago

I mean my city is a rust belt and it's kinda rough crime-wise. But drivers, especially, are fucking crazy. I lived in other places and people were actually quiet on the wheel. Here, I have a friend who had a case for homicide attempt after a truck rammed him "for fun". He won. Pretty much every cyclist I know got hit by a car.

That sounds like a wild place bro. Some people are certifiable.

[-] wildcherry@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah. The worst part is that in other context they often aren't bad people.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Can you elaborate why people suck that much in your neck of the woods+rust belt?

[-] wildcherry@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

Political corruption is endemic and every public transportation project gets an occasion for embezzlement. I think it plays a lot.

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